* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [00:00:01] 2 29. WE STILL HAVE 30 SECONDS. I, EVERYONE, JOE MURRAY WOULD BE VERY PROUD OF HIM. I'M WAITING TO EXACTLY TWO THIRD , I'M JUST STARING AT. OKAY, THERE WE GO. TWO 30, WE'RE GONNA DO, UH, WELCOME EVERYBODY TO THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION. THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12TH, 2026. WE ARE AT ONE 30 CHERRY AVENUE, VIX. SPEAKER PARK SOCIAL HALL. IT IS TWO 30 AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO START, UH, AND I'D LIKE TO HAVE ORDER A ROLL CALL, PLEASE. COMMISSIONER, CHAIR MURRAY. COMMISSIONER, VICE CHAIR, REG HERE. COMMISSIONER BLAIR PRESENT. COMMISSIONER CARLIN. HERE. COMMISSIONER CAGER. COMMISSIONER LAMB HERE. COMMISSIONER MARINA HERE. YOU HAVE A FORM? WE HAVE A QUO BEFORE THE RECORD. CHAIR MURRAY AND COMMISSIONER CHER ARE EXCUSED FROM THE MEETING. ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING TO, UH, WE'RE GONNA SORT OF BYPASS FROM THE REGULAR E AGENDA 'CAUSE WE HAVE SOMETHING PRETTY COOL TO TALK ABOUT. SAL, WHERE'S SAL AT? SAL? STAND ON UP. AND WE, WE CAN HAVE A, LET'S GIVE A LITTLE DESCRIPTION. I'LL TURN MINE OFF. SEE WHAT YOU BRING. YOU BRING PARTY, YOU BRING JOY AND HAPPINESS. SORRY. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. UH, THIS IS SAL BALLERO. HE'S ONE OF OUR EQUIPMENT OPERATORS, UH, WITH OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE DIVISION. UH, AND WE'RE GONNA, UH, RECOGNIZE SAL TODAY ON SOME OF HIS ACHIEVEMENTS. UH, A LITTLE BIT OF INFORMATION. UM, UH, SAL BALL STERIS IS A LONGSTANDING, UM, EMPLOYEE WITH OUR OPERATIONS AND HAS CONTINUED TO, UH, PROVIDE OR PROFESSIONAL GROWTH AND REFLECT HIS DEDICATION TO THE CITY AND THE GREAT BUREAU. UH, SOME HISTORY. SAL, UH, BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH THE CITY ON MARCH 22ND, 2008, UH, AS A RECREATION LEADER. UH, IN JULY OF 2009, HE TRANSITIONED INTO THE MAINTENANCE FIELD AS A, UH, MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT. ONE WHERE HE QUICKLY DEMONSTRATED STRONG, UH, TECHNICAL SKILLS AND STRONG COMMITMENT TO QUALITY WORK. UH, HE CONTINUED TO ADVANCE PROMOTING TO MAINTENANCE ASSISTANT TWO IN 2014 AND ACHIEVING PERMANENT STATUS IN 2016. UH, IN MAY OF 2018, SAL WAS PROMOTED TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR TWO, UH, TAKING ON AN INCREASED RESPONSIBILITY AND SUPPORT OF DAILY, UH, OPERATIONS AT BEACH MAINTENANCE. UH, HIS LEADERSHIP AND RELIABILITY LED HIS LED TO HIS PROMOTION TO EQUIPMENT OPERATOR THREE IN SEPTEMBER OF 2021. UH, HE CONTINUES TO PLAY A KEY ROLE, UH, IN MENTORING OUR STAFF AND SUPPORTING COMPLEX, UH, BEACH OPERATIONS. UH, MOST RECENTLY, SAL COMPLETED HIS COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE CLASS A, UH, CERTIFICATION, UH, UPGRADE, UH, AND JUST FURTHER EXPANDING HIS SKILLS AND ENHANCING OUR OPERATIONAL CAPACITY. UH, SO THIS ACHIEVEMENT REFLECTS HIS ONGOING COMMITMENT AND PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, UH, WITH OUR, UH, AND SERVICE TO OUR CITY. SO WE ARE PROUD TO RECOGNIZE SAL'S ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THANK HIM FOR HIS DEDICATION. UH, SO PLEASE, UH, JOIN ME IN CONGRATULATING HIM AND SALAL FOR, UH, WHAT YOU DO. UH, WISE BAND ONCE STATED THAT WHAT YOU DO SPRINGS FROM AN HONEST HEART. THAT MEANS YOUR LOVE FOR NOT JUST YOUR JOB, BUT FOR THE OTHER PEOPLE. PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW YOU. THEY'LL TRUST YOU, THEY WILL GIVE YOU THEIR LOYALTY AND DO WHAT YOU WANT. YOU'VE EXCELLED ON THAT AND THAT'S WHY YOU CONTINUE TO GROW IN THIS DEPARTMENT. SO, FROM THIS BOARD TO YOU, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WHAT YOU DO. AND WE HAVE A CERTIFICATE IF YOU'D LIKE TO COME UP. WE'LL GIVE SOMEBODY WITH A CAMERA AND TAKE A PICTURE. ALRIGHT, COME ON BACK HERE. CAMERAS ARE READY. PLEASE GET YOUR CAMERAS OUT. THIS WILL BE WORTH A LOT OF MONEY. THANK YOU. LET'S GET KELLY IN THERE TOO. RECREATION GUYS. GREAT JOB. THANK YOU. THAT PAYS A LOT BETTER. 1, 2, 3. I'M GONNA DO ONE MORE. 1, 2, 3. THANK YOU. CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR TWO DRINKS IN YOUR HARLEY GAVE IN THIS PART. ANOTHER ROUND. APPLAUSE. [00:05:05] YOU KNOW, TODD AND JOE MURRAY WHEN THEY, THEY, THEY CAME HERE WHEN THEY SAID IS ALWAYS GIVING BACK AND ALWAYS TAKING CARE OF THE EMPLOYEES AND THE PEOPLE THAT TRULY MAKE LONG BEACH A BETTER PERSON AND A BETTER PLACE TO LIVE. SO, SAL, AGAIN, FROM ALL THE REST TO YOU. THANKS PAT. APPRECIATE YOU. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE. ALRIGHT, RECOMMEND TO APPROVE THE MINUTES FOR THE MARINE ADVISORY COMMISSION MEETING ON THURSDAY, JANUARY 8TH. SO, MOVE. I HAVE A SECOND. SECOND. ANY COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC SAYING NONE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR A AYE, AYE IS APPROVED. WE HAVE RECOMMENDATIONS TO RECEIVE AND FILE PRESENTATIONS FROM VERIZON WIRELESS FOR A PROPOSED WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITY LOCATED AT MARINE STADIUM AND ALAMEDAS BEACH PARKING LOT OFF SHORELINE BOULEVARD. MAY I HAVE A MOTION? I MOTION SECOND. WE'RE ALL YOURS. VERIZON, WHO'S, UH, GONNA BE SPEAKING? COME ON UP. , HOW ARE YOU TODAY? DOING WELL. YOURSELF? ALWAYS GOOD. ALWAYS GOOD. OKAY. YEAH, AS I MENTIONED, WE'VE GOT, UH, TWO, UH, TWO NEW SITES. WELL, THERE'S ACTUALLY, UH, TWO OF THE SIX THAT ARE COMING INTO LONG BEACH FOR, UM, THE CITY REACHED OUT AND SAID THAT THERE'S A COMMUNICATION ISSUE THROUGHOUT LONG BEACH. SO, UH, THESE ARE TWO OF THE ONES THAT, UH, WE'RE PROPOSING RIGHT NOW. UM, ONE CITY PROPERTY, UH, THE FIRST ONE. UM, CAN, CAN I ASK, UH, QUICK, CAN YOU TELL US WHO YOU ARE? YEAH. I'M SORRY. MY NAME'S JUSTIN ROBINSON. YES. UH, REPRESENT VERIZON WIRELESS. THANK YOU, SIR. APPRECIATE YOU. YEP. UM, THE FIRST ONE, UH, IS DOWN ALONG SHORELINE, UM, AT THE PARKING LOT, UH, AT ALAMITOS BEACH. UM, WE'RE PUTTING, UH, A COUPLE OF, UH, LIGHT POLES. UM, WE'RE UTILIZING THE EXISTING LIGHT POLES, SO JUST PUTTING ANTENNAS ON TOP OF 'EM. SO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY, UH, PRETTY BENIGN I WOULD SAY. SO, UH, WE'RE UTILIZING THE EXISTING VERTICAL STRUCTURES. WE'RE PUTTING OUR EQUIPMENT NEXT TO THE DUMPSTER. UH, THE ENCLOSURE IS GOING TO BASICALLY VEER THE, UH, THE, UH, TRASH ENCLOSURE AS WELL. SO, UH, THAT'S PRETTY, PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD. UM, AS IT SAYS, BOTH OF THESE SITES ARE, ARE MEANT TO IMPROVE COVERAGE, UM, IN A COUPLE OF THESE AREAS THAT ARE, THAT JUST GET, UH, HIT REALLY HARD BY, BY SURGES. UM, THE MARINE STADIUM LOT OR GREEN STADIUM SITE, UH, UH, AS MANY OF YOU HAVE SEEN AS A 60 FOOT MONOPOLE. UM, WE, UH, ARE IN THE CITY YARD. UM, AND BASICALLY, UH, I THINK THAT'S WHAT MOST YOU HEAR ARE HERE TO TALK ABOUT. BUT, UH, UM, WE WE'RE PROPOSING THIS BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC THAT, UH, THE WAYNE STADIUM GETS. NOW. WE'LL GET THE FUTURE AND OBVIOUSLY AS PART OF THE, UH, THE OLYMPICS. SO, UM, WE REQUEST THAT, UH, THE, THE BOARD, UM, RECEIVE THE, UH, ADVISE, UH, STAFF ON THE, UH, ON BOTH THESE SITES. UM, HERE'S THE COVERAGE AREA FOR THE MARINE STADIUM LOT. UH, AS, AS YOU CAN SEE, WE'RE, WE'RE KIND OF PRESENTLY, UM, THERE'S NO COVERAGE IN THAT AREA. UM, YELLOW IS FAIR, UM, WHICH BASICALLY IN A, IN A THREE TIER SYSTEM LIKE THIS YELLOW SETS THAT ANYTIME YOU'RE IN YOUR CAR OR INSIDE OF A BUILDING, UH, COVERAGE IS REALLY POOR. UM, SO THAT'S OUTSIDE COVERAGE. UM, OBVIOUSLY WITH THE, THE NEW SITE, UM, UH, THIS, UH, EXTENDS WELL PAST THE MARINE STADIUM. PLUS WE'VE GOT ANOTHER SITE HERE TO THE SOUTH, SOUTHWEST OR SOUTHEAST, UM, THAT'LL BE MEANT TO FILL, FILL A LOT OF THIS GAP HERE. SO, UM, HERE IS THE MARINE STADIUM SITE. UM, IT SHOWS THIS PICTURE FOR A SPECIFIC PURPOSE. I WANT EVERYBODY TO KNOW WHAT'S GOING IN THERE. UM, I DON'T WANT ANYBODY TO, UM, TO, TO LOOK AT THIS AND SAY, WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW. UM, I'D LIKE TO TAKE CARE OF THESE QUESTIONS UP FRONT, UM, SO THAT WHEN WE CONTINUE OUR MEETINGS WITH THE CITY AND GO ON TO COASTAL COMMISSION AND EVERY OTHER JURISDICTIONAL BOARD THAT WE HAVE TO REPRESENT, OR WE HAVE TO PRESENT THIS TO THAT, EVERYBODY'S ON BOARD. EVERYBODY KNOWS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE. UM, SO AS, AS [00:10:01] YOU KNOW, UM, IT'S AT THE CORNER OF THE CITY YARD, WE WILL ACCESS IT TO OFF A BOATHOUSE LANE. UM, SAME KIND OF SITUATION, UH, FOR THE EQUIPMENT, IT'S GONNA BE WITHIN AN ENCLOSURE. UM, IT WOULD BE, UH, BEHIND THE, BEHIND THE EXISTING WALL. UM, AND, UH, THE, OBVIOUSLY THE VERTICAL ELEMENT IS SOMETHING THAT, UH, NEEDS FURTHER DISCUSSION, I BELIEVE. SO WHAT WILL BE THE, UH, UM, IS IT GOING TO CALL IT, IS IT GONNA BE A TREE? IS IT GONNA BE A PALM TREE? IS IT GONNA BE SOMETHING AT THAT? OR ARE YOU JUST LOOKING AT A POLE? UH, WE'RE LOOKING AT A POLE. UM, JUST BY, BY DEFAULT THE CITY PLANNING DEPARTMENT REALLY DOESN'T LIKE WHEN WE DISGUISE THESE. UM, THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER HAVE, UH, A MONOPOLE THAN A TREE. UM, WE'VE, UH, PROBABLY FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO, TO PROPOSE DIFFERENT TYPES OF TREES TO THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. AND THEY'RE JUST LIKE, NOW WE'RE NOT GONNA DO ANY TREES. UM, SO, SO YEAH, IT'S A, IT'S, IT'S JUST, IT'S, IT'S A LOWER TIER ON THEIR LIST OF, UH, UH, AVAILABLE RESOURCES THAT WE HAVE. UM, AND THEY WOULD MUCH RATHER PREFER, UM, A POLE. UH, WE PAINTED IT WHITE TO MATCH THE, UH, OIL, UM, PUMPS THAT ARE JUST LOCATED ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT. UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, OBVIOUSLY THAT'S OPEN TO TO FURTHER DISCUSSION. UM, IS IT IN THAT ONE PICTURE OR AM I NOT THIS ONE HERE AND THEN THAT THERE, IS THAT REALLY A 60 FOOT POLE? YEAH. THAT'S DEPICTED THERE. YEP. A SIX STORY BUILDING. 10 FEET PER FLOOR. YEAH. WELL, JUST AS WE MOVE ALONG, UH, IS IT STRICTLY JUST FOR VERIZON OR IS IT GONNA BE FOR ANY USER OF ANY, UH, SUB IT'S STRICTLY FOR VERIZON. UM, AS PART OF THE PLANNING PROCESS AND THE PROCESS WITH THE CITY, IT IS OPEN FOR CO-LOCATION. UM, SO, UH, AT T T-MOBILE, UM, IT WOULD GENERALLY COME TO, TO US TO, TO CO-LOCATE ON THE TOWER. UH, THEY WOULD GO TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, THE REAL ESTATE DEPARTMENT TO, UH, DO A GROUND LEASE WITH THE, WITH THE CITY. UM, THERE'S THE ELEVATIONS OF THE, THE MARINE STADIUM SITE AND, UH, KIND OF THE, THE LAYOUT OVER THERE. UM, AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S UP AGAINST, UH, AS EVERYBODY DOES, IT'S UP AGAINST ELLIOT STREET. UM, AND, UH, LET'S SEE HERE. HERE'S A GOOD PICTURE OF THE TWO, UH, POLES THAT WE'LL BE UTILIZING OVER AT SHORELINE. UM, WHY DO YOU USE DIFFERENT TECHNOLOGY? SAME TECHNOLOGY, UH, DIFFERENT ANTENNAS. UM, THESE ARE MORE ALONG THE LINES OF STRICTLY 5G UH, FOR DATA AND TRANSMISSION OVER THERE. UM, BECAUSE OF ALONG THE SHORELINE, THERE'S A, A BUNCH OF SMALL CELLS, AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE SEEN 'EM ON THE, UH, STREET LIGHTS, UH, BUT A LOT OF THAT HANDLES THE, UM, HANDLES THE TRAFFIC GOING UP AND DOWN. THESE ARE PRIMARILY FOR THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED WITHIN THIS PARKING LOT, THE STAGING FOR THE DIFFERENT EVENTS. UH, THE STAGING FOR THE, THE GRAND PRIX AND ALL OF THE, THE EVENTS THAT HAPPENED JUST ON ALAMEDA BEACH TO BE OUTSIDE. SO YOU COULDN'T USE THIS ANTENNA AT MARINE STADIUM? NO. UM, THIS, THIS PARTICULAR ANTENNA IS REALLY MEANT FOR PROBABLY, UH, LESS THAN A QUARTER MILE. IT REALLY JUST HANDLES A LOT OF TRAFFIC THAT, UH, THAT IS IN THAT GENERAL VICINITY. WILL THOSE ANTENNAS IN ANY WAY HINDER THE OTHER CARRIERS? BECAUSE OF THE, UH, WHAT IT PUTS OUT, IF I, IF I WAS AN AT AND T PERSON, I WAS SITTING BY THAT IT'S NOT GONNA ENHANCE IT. BUT WOULD IT DELAY IT? WOULD IT, WOULD IT SHRINK DOWN MY, UH, CAPABILITY? IT WILL NOT. WILL NOT. OKAY. NO. UM, YEAH, THESE ARE, UH, WE, WE'VE RUN THIS, UH, DESIGN THROUGH THE CITY'S, UH, UH, COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT. UM, WE HAD TO PROVIDE SOME ADDITIONAL RF INFORMATION, UM, JUST BECAUSE A COUPLE OF THE EVENTS, WELL, INCLUDING THE GRAND PRIX THAT COME IN AND STAGE IN THIS AREA, UM, WE HAD TO HAVE IT CLEARED BY, UH, FILMING AND EVENT PLANNING. UM, AS WELL AS BE ABLE TO PROVIDE THEM WITH KIND OF A CERTIFICATE OF NON INTERFERENCE. SO, UM, YEAH, THESE, UH, THESE SITES IN PARTICULAR ARE REALLY, LIKE I SAID, MEANT TO, TO COVER THIS PARTICULAR AREA FOR STAGING AND OUT INTO ALAMEDAS, UH, [00:15:01] BEACH. WOULD I GET ASKED ONE MORE QUESTION? YEAH. BECAUSE THE OLYMPICS ARE COMING. ARE YOU A SPONSOR IN OLYMPICS? YES AND NO. UM, WHERE YOU SPONSOR? UM, I GUESS PERIPHERALLY, YES, BUT I THINK AT T'S A PRIMARY SPONSOR. OKAY. BECAUSE THEY'RE PROBABLY GONNA WANT TO DO THE SAME THING. IF I'M CORRECT, IF WE'RE IN 11, 11 VENUE SPONSORSHIP OR 11 VENUES, UH, AND LONG BEACH FOR THE OLYMPICS, I'M SURE AT AND T WILL BE COMING ONE IN THE SAME THING. PROB POSSIBLY OR WORKING IT WITH YOU, CORRECT? I WOULD THINK SO. UM, THERE, YEAH. YEAH, I WOULD THINK SO. THANK YOU. UH, THERE'S ANOTHER VIEW. UM, THIS IS THE PICTURE OF THE, UH, ENCLOSURE THERE. UM, IT'S GOT KIND OF A PITCH ROOF TO IT. UM, ALL THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE, UH, LOCATED, UH, WITHIN THERE. UM, IT TIES INTO, TIES INTO THE UTILITIES, FIBER, POWER, UM, AND DOESN'T IMPACT, UH, UH, THE CITY'S USE FOR, FOR FUTURE. SO, UM, ELEVATION OF THE SITE PLAN OF WHAT WE WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT, UH, FEW CONSTRUCTION NOTES. UH, BASICALLY EVERYTHING'S COORDINATED WITH CITY STAFF. UM, EVERYTHING'S MAINTAINED, UH, FROM A PERSONNEL LEVEL, UH, PEDESTRIANS VEHICLES, IT'S, A LOT OF THESE TWO AREAS ARE PRETTY HEAVILY TRAVELED. UM, AND THEN, UH, OUR ONGOING, UH, UH, OPERATIONS, WHICH ARE GENERALLY COVERED UNDER THE CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL, UM, WHETHER IT BE GRAFFITI, UH, UH, MAINTAIN MAINTENANCE UPKEEP AND STUFF LIKE THAT. UM, AND THAT'S ABOUT IT. UH, WE CAN, UH, OBVIOUSLY WE'LL PROVIDE, UH, THE, EVERYONE WITH FINAL PLANS AND PHOTO SIMULATIONS OF WHAT IT'LL LOOK LIKE ONCE UH, EVERYBODY'S HAD A CHANCE TO WEIGH IN. UM, CONSTRUCTION COORDINATION AND PERMIT ENTITLEMENTS WILL BE SEPARATE WITH THE CITY. UH, AND, UH, WITH THAT I CAN, UH, ANSWER ANY ADDITIONAL QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE. I THINK ONE OF 'EM, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO CITY, 'CAUSE THE CITY STILL HAVE TO APPROVE THIS, BUT MAKE A NOTATION IN THERE THAT IF OTHER CARRIERS WANT TO UTILIZE 'EM, THEY'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH YOU AND STILL THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF, OF JOINT USE. CORRECT. YEAH. I MEAN, THEY HAVE TO PAY, OF COURSE, THEY'D HAVE TO PAY. UH, BUT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY OF JOINT USE IN THAT WAY. IT'S GOOD FOR EVERYBODY AND NOT JUST ONE GROUP COMING IN THAT SAYS, WE WANT TO CORNER THE MARKET ON THIS. YEAH. AND IT REALLY IS, UM, UH, IT'S BETTER TO, TO OBVIOUSLY HAVE ONE, ONE STOP AS OPPOSED TO THREE DIFFERENT POLES, FOUR DIFFERENT POLES, UH, IN AN AREA. SO, UM, YEAH. AND, UH, AS PART OF OUR CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL WITH, UH, UH, WITH PLANNING, UH, CO-LOCATION IS A FACTOR, UM, WE'VE GOT TO, UH, COMMIT TO THAT. I'D BE HAPPY WITH THE CITIZENS TOO. YEAH. UH, BECAUSE IF, YOU KNOW, IF ONE GETS, THEY'RE GONNA THINK THERE'S GONNA BE THREE MORE COMING IN. SURE. UM, AND IF IT CAN'T COEXIST, THAT'S, UH, NOT WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT. SO, CHAIR, YES, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A QUESTION ABOUT THE, UM, YOU SHOWED US THE BOX THAT ALL THE EQUIPMENT'S GONNA GO IN AT SHORELINE. UM, IS THERE, THROUGH YOUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IS THERE ANY APPETITE TO BEAUTIFY THAT BOX, PUT A MURAL ON IT, MAKE IT CONSISTENT WITH ANY KIND OF DESIGN ELEMENT? HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION WITH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT BESIDES A BLACK AND GRAY BOX THAT MIGHT GET TAGGED A LOT? YEAH. UM, THE ONLY DISCUSSIONS WE'VE HAD HAVE BEEN WITH, UH, INITIAL DISCUSSION WITH PLANNING, UM, WHICH THEY WANTED US TO MATCH THE, UH, GAUCHO BEACH RESTAURANT AND THE, UH, TRASH ENCLOSURE THAT'S RIGHT NEXT TO IT. UM, BUT, UH, YEAH, NO ONE HAS BROUGHT UP A MURAL OR, UM, ANY OTHER SORT OF, UH, BEAUTIFICATION OF, OF THAT. WELL, IT WAS BROUGHT UP. SO MAYBE, UH, UH, AGAIN, THAT'S SOMETHING WHEN YOU'RE TALKING TO THEM, UH, THERE'S ALSO ADDITIONS THAT YOU CAN PLAY IN. YOU KNOW, WE COULD, WE COULD, I THINK IS, UH, UH, A GOOD FOR ANY GROUP THAT GOES IN AND WORKS WITH THE CITY. 'CAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO BEAUTIFY THE ENTIRE COASTLINE AND KEEP IT THAT WAY. SO, THANK YOU. ANY, HAVE SOME QUESTIONS? YES, MA'AM. UM, SO I HAVE A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UH, SO YOU SAID, UH, THE WORK WOULD BE DONE DURING APPROVED HOURS, RIGHT? YEAH. ALL WORK IS, SO, SO WHAT, WHAT ARE THE APPROVED HOURS OR HAVE THEY NOT BEEN SET YET? THEY HAVEN'T BEEN, WELL, THEY'RE, THEY'RE SET, BUT THEY'RE SET BY THE CITY. UM, AND IT'S REALLY SET BY THE NOISE ORDINANCE OF THE CITY. SO, UM, YEAH, WE, MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY I BELIEVE. I DON'T THINK, UH, THERE'S WORK ON SUNDAYS ALLOWED UNLESS IT'S, UH, UM, [00:20:01] BY, UH, EXCEPTION. SO. AND WHAT'S THE PERIOD OF TIME THAT YOU'LL BE PUTTING THIS, UH, WHOLE DEVICE UP? LIKE WOULD IT TAKE YOU A MONTH? SIX MONTHS? IT TAKES ABOUT SIX WEEKS. UH, SIX WEEKS. OKAY. WHAT'S YOUR BEST GUESS? UH, WHAT MONTHS THAT WOULD BE? UM, IT WOULD LIKELY BE FALL OF NEXT YEAR, ASSUMING PERMITTING, UH, CONTINUES. UH, AND, UH, CITY COUNCIL AND, UH, COASTAL COMMISSION PROVE IT. SO IT'S GOING TO GO TO THE CITY COUNCIL AND THEN THE COASTAL COMMISSION, RIGHT? CONCURRENTLY, YEAH. CONCURRENTLY. SO AT THE SAME TIME. YEAH. UM, SO IF IT'S IN THE COASTAL ZONE, THERE'S GONNA BE SOME ISSUES WITH, UM, UH, THE TIME PERIOD, UH, REGARDING NESTING BIRDS AND NESTING SEASON. ARE YOU PRETTY FAMILIAR WITH THAT? YEAH. OKAY. YEAH. I'M, UM, SO YOU WORK OUTSIDE OF THOSE TIME PERIODS? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. OR HAVE, UH, AN INSPECTOR OR AN OBSERVATION PERSON THERE? YEAH. AT ALL TIMES. OKAY. AND AN OBSERVATION PERSON THAT'S CLEARED BY THE CITY OR THE COAST? YEAH, THE BIOLOGIST. BIOLOGIST. AND THEN THE OTHER THING THAT I WAS JUST SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT IS, I'M NOT A HUNDRED PERCENT SURE, BUT IT LOOKS LIKE IT MIGHT BE WITHIN THE CSIP AREA, WHICH NOW HAS NEW REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING. SO YOU SAID YOU WOULD BE REPLACING THE LANDSCAPING. WHAT KIND OF LANDSCAPING YOU THINK YOU MIGHT REPLACE? AT WHICH LOCATION? I'M SORRY. THE, UH, ONE NEAR MARINE STADIUM. UH, MARINE STADIUM. THERE'S REALLY NOTHING TO REPLACE OTHER THAN THE, UH, TREES ON THE OUTSIDE. OKAY. UM, WE PROPOSED, UH, AN ADDITIONAL TWO TREES, I BELIEVE, THAT, UH, ARE OUTSIDE THAT WALL. SO, AND YOU WOULD USE THE LANDSCAPING PALLET THAT WAS APPROVED BY THE CITY FOR THE NEW ZONING IN THE AREA? CORRECT. OKAY. 'CAUSE PEOPLE ARE SORT OF STARTING TO FORGET ABOUT THAT REQUIREMENT. YEAH. AND IT'S, IN MY OPINION, A PRETTY IMPORTANT REQUIREMENT. SO THANK YOU. THOSE ARE MY QUESTIONS. ABSOLUTELY. THERE'S A QUESTION FOR TODD. DOES THE REVENUE FROM THIS GO TO THE GREEN BUREAU? ANY, ANY REVENUE GENERATED IN THE LINS AREA WILL STAY IN THE TILS AREA? UM, EVERYTHING IS STILL UNDER NEGOTIATION, BUT, UH, THIS IS A, A PROJECT THAT'S SPEARHEADED BY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO IF THE, THE REVENUE WOULD GO THROUGH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, BUT I'D HAVE TO CLARIFY, BASED ON THE LOCATION, IT COULD, I'M NOT A HUNDRED SENSOR, BUT IT HAS TO STAY THE TITLE NO MATTER WHAT. THANK YOU. I, I THINK IF I UNDERSTAND, I, I WOULD HOPE WE WOULD PUSH FOR THAT. UM, IT IS NOT JUST, UH, THE MARINE DEPARTMENT JUST BECAUSE EVERYTHING SEEMS TO GO TO GENERAL FUND. UH, AND WE, YOU KNOW, IF WE, WE CAN GAIN DOLLARS, BUT THEN WE LOSE DOLLARS BECAUSE WE DON'T SEE ANY OF IT. AND, AND I'M VERY HAPPY THAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE PALLET OF THE PLANTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. GOOD FOR YOU. REQUIRED, REQUIRED, NOT JUST FRIENDLINESS. REQUIRED. REQUIRED. UM, AND THAT'S GOOD. THAT'S GOOD BECAUSE, UH, WE ALL WORK HARD ON THAT ONE TO MAKE SURE THAT EVERYTHING IS POSSIBLE, UH, ON THE COASTLINE. BUT AGAIN, LOOKING AT THE DOLLARS TOO, THAT'S SOMETHING WE NEED TO BRING UP TO, UH, THE CITY. YES, MA'AM. UM, JUST ON THE POLES THEMSELVES, THE ACTUAL TRANSMITTING THE 5G TRANSMITTING EQUIPMENT. YES. HOW BIG IS THAT? IF YOU WERE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE YOUR POLE AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA HAVE THESE TRANSMITTERS OR, OR, OR WHATEVER THEY'RE, THEY'RE CALLED. BUT, UM, THOSE ARE, YES. YEAH, THOSE ARE, UM, THOSE ARE 20 FEET TALL. THE TOPPERS TO THE, UH, UH, THE POLES, UH, THE LIGHTING, UH, STANDARDS ARE GOING TO, UH, STAY AT THE SAME HEIGHT THAT THEY ARE NOW TO, SO THAT, UH, THE, THE LIGHTING PATTERN'S NOT AFFECTED IN THE PARKING LOT. MM-HMM . UM, WE ACTUALLY HAD KIND OF A DIFFERENT DESIGN PROPOSED, UH, BUT, UH, SPECIAL EVENTS AND FILMING, UM, KIND OF CUT THAT HALF, UM, JUST BECAUSE OF ALL OF THE CABLING AND ALL THE WIRES THAT GO THROUGH, UH, THERE FOR THE EVENTS. SO, UM, THAT'S WHY WE'RE UTILIZING THE TWO, UH, TWO EXISTING POLES. AND THAT'S WHY THE, THE TOPS KIND OF GREW A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WE WANTED 'EM TO HAVE YOU ON ANY OF YOUR OTHER SITES WHERE YOU LOCATED THESE KINDS OF, OF, UM, TOWER HOLES AND, AND EQUIPMENT YOU HAD BIRDS NESTING IN THEM OR, OR ANYTHING. 'CAUSE IN THE MARINE STADIUM THERE, WE HAVE, UM, RATHER LARGE BIRDS. WE HAVE THE, UM, THE BLUE HERONS AND THEY LIKE, EXCUSE ME, THEY LIKE, YOU KNOW, BIG AREAS WHERE THEY CAN MAKE THEM NEST. SO, YEAH. AND, UH, UH, MARINE STADIUM. UM, YEAH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, THAT'S, UH, THAT'S SOMETHING THE BIOLOGISTS TAKE A LOOK AT. UM, HERE, UH, THESE ARE ACTUALLY NEW, UH, ANTENNAS AND THEIR CUSTOM DESIGN JUST FOR THIS SPECIFIC [00:25:01] USE. SO, UH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'LL FIND OUT WHEN YOU FIND OUT . THANK YOU. ALRIGHT. SEEING, UH, NO OTHER FROM THE COMMISSION TO PUT THIS UP TO PUBLIC COMPANY. ANYBODY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS THEY'D LIKE? AND, UH, PLEASE STAND AND SAY WHAT YOU LIKE. YES, SIR. YEAH. HI, UM, I REPRESENT, UH, BAY, WHICH IS IN ESSENCE RIGHT AT ELLIOT. AND WHEN WE GO TO MAKE THE STOP SIGN, YOU'LL BE ABLE TO VIEW THAT THING. DO ME ONE FAVOR, GO BACK TO THE SECOND, SECOND SHEET. KEEP GOING, KEEP GOING. ONE MORE. OH, MAYBE TWO THERE. RIGHT THERE. UH, OH. DESIGN INTENT AT THE VERY BOTTOM SECOND FROM THE BOTTOM. DESIGN INTENT MINIMUM, MINIMAL VISUAL IMPACT. NOW GO TO THE, GO TO THE AREA, THE ELLIOT STREET RIGHT THERE, THE VISUAL, YOU CAN'T SEE IT FROM HERE, BUT IT'S GONNA BE STARING US DIRECTLY IN THE FACE. I HAD SEVERAL CONVERSATIONS WITH JUSTIN AND WE REALIZED THIS IS JUST THE BEGINNING OF THIS WHOLE PROCESS, BUT WE WANTED TO GET AHEAD OF EVERYTHING AND WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT WE ARE HEARD, IN ESSENCE, WE KNOW CELL TOWERS ARE COMING. WE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE NOT A A PROPOSED TO THEM, BUT MAYBE A LOCATION OR LIKE YOU GUYS SUGGESTED A TREE, SOMETHING TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE IT BELONGS IN THE AREA. UM, I'D ALSO PROPOSED TO, TO JUSTIN, WHAT, WHAT ABOUT PUTTING IT WHERE THE BIG TOWER IS FOR THE FIRE STATION, WHICH IS ON THE MAP HALF AN INCH, BUT, YOU KNOW, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S FEASIBLE, BUT THERE'S ALREADY A TOWER THERE AND IT'S IN AN AREA THAT THERE'S NO RESIDENTIAL AREA DIRECTLY IMPACTED BY THAT. AND AT THAT POINT, WHETHER IT'S A CELL TOWER OR A TREE, I DON'T THINK IT MATTERS TO MANY PEOPLE. BUT LOOKING AT THAT COMING HOME EVERY DAY, IT WOULD BE A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN PEOPLE ARE GONNA, YOU KNOW, WANT TO SEE. UH, HE'S INVITED TO OUR HOMEOWNER'S BOOK, UH, MEETING IN ABOUT ANOTHER WEEK OR TWO, SO HE'LL PROBABLY GET MORE INPUT. BUT I, I'M, WE'RE JUST HERE TO KIND OF LIKE, PRESENT OUR CASE AND LET LET YOU GUYS UNDERSTAND WHAT WE'RE POSITIONING, WHAT OUR POSITION IS. WE'RE NOT OPPOSED TO IT, EVEN IF THEY'VE MOVED IT JUST OUT, OUT OF VIEW FROM WHERE IT'S LOCATED IS FINE. I KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF HOOPS TO JUMP THROUGH BEFORE THAT HAPPENS, BUT JUST WANTED TO BE HEARD. 'CAUSE I MEAN, EVEN IF IT WAS JUST LOOK LIKE A GIANT PALM TREE, IT WOULDN'T LOOK TOO, TOO BAD. BUT ASKING JUSTIN, HE SAYS THE CITY DOES NOT WANT THAT. HEY, TELL WHY. YEAH. UM, JUST, UH, TO KIND OF TAKE A COUPLE STEPS BACK. UM, SO WE DETERMINED THIS WAS AN AREA OF DEED. UM, SO WHAT I DO IS I GO OUT AND I LOOK FOR, UH, VIABLE PROPERTY. SO WE COULD PUT A CELL SITE ON. UM, AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE, UH, THE SPECIFIC PLAN, THE EXISTING LAND USES, UM, THIS AREA THAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS CURRENTLY AN INDUSTRIAL USE, WHICH IS EXTREMELY COMPATIBLE FOR A CELL SITE. SO WE REACH OUT TO THE CITY, WE SAY, OKAY, LISTEN, THIS IS OUR NEED. WE'D LIKE TO PUT A CELL SITE HERE. UM, I PRESENTED THEM WITH, UH, PROBABLY THREE OR UH, THREE OR FOUR DIFFERENT LOCATIONS WITHIN THAT. UM, AND ALL OF THOSE LOCATIONS WENT OUT, UH, TO DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT DEPARTMENTS. UM, AND A COUPLE OF DEPARTMENTS, ACTUALLY, A COUPLE OF INFLUENTIAL DEPARTMENTS ACTUALLY SAID THAT THIS IS, THIS IS THE PLACE THAT IT NEEDS TO BE. UM, SO WE DIDN'T PICK THAT LOCATION THE CITY DID, UH, BUT, UH, AGAIN, WHETHER WE, WE SHIFTED 60 FEET ONE WAY OR 80 FEET THE OTHER WAY, UM, AGAIN, THAT'S A REALLY, UH, A PROPERTY OWNER, UH, CALL. AS LONG AS I'M UP IN THE AIR AND PROVIDING SERVICE, THAT'S REALLY, THAT REALLY TAKES CARE OF OUR GOALS. BUT, UH, UM, YEAH, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND, UH, PLANNING, UM, AND LA 28 AND ALL OF THE OTHER AGENCIES HAVE LOOKED AT IT AND SAID, THAT'S THE SPOT THAT WE NEED TO HAVE IT. I JUST WANT GO ON RECORD. SO NO, WE, WE, WE APPRECIATE THAT. AND I THINK THE GOOD THING IS THAT HE IS GONNA BE MEETING WITH YOUR COMMUNITY GROUP. YEAH. HE'S GONNA, AND REMEMBER WHAT, WHAT YOU DO AS A COMMUNITY GROUP THEN IS YOU GO TO YOUR CITY COUNCIL PERSON THAT WILL HAVE A VOTE ON AND SHE'S GONNA BE AT THE MEETING AS WELL. CORRECT? CORRECT. THANK YOU. OKAY. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FROM ANYBODY IN THE GROUP? YES, MA'AM. SO, UH, DAY TO DAY BEFORE AND AFTER THE OLYMPICS, WILL IT IMPACT, UH, JUST OUR, YOU KNOW, REGULAR OLD VERIZON CUSTOMER SERVICE CUSTOMER? OR IS THIS ONLY GONNA BE IN A SMALL WINDOW AROUND THE OLYMPICS? NO, UM, IT'LL MAKE OUR SERVICE BETTER. YEAH. UM, YEAH, THE, THE, LET'S SEE, WHERE WAS IT? YEAH, THIS IS, UH, THIS IS CURRENTLY, UM, YOUR SERVICE HERE, WHICH IS REALLY PRETTY SPOTTY. UM, AND THEN ONCE THIS IS IN, THIS IS, [00:30:01] THIS WILL BE YOUR SERVICE GOING FORWARD. UM, CELL SITES HAVE A TENDENCY TO, UM, FOR LACK OF A BETTER WORD, THEY BREATHE. UH, SO, UM, CAPACITY WISE, IF, UH, IF A SITE GETS BOGGED DOWN WITH TOO MANY, UM, TOO MANY USERS AND IT DOESN'T HAND OFF, IT SHRINKS A LITTLE BIT AND THEN IT JUST KIND OF GROWS AS, UH, AS, UH, AVAILABILITY BECOMES, AS IT BECOMES AVAILABLE. MY WIFE WOULD BE UPSET IF I DIDN'T ASK. PLEASE. SO, UH, UM, IS THIS A ALUMINUM HAT TIME THAT YOU'RE, UH, UH, AROUND THAT LOCATION WHERE THE 5G THAT'S WHAT SHE ALWAYS STATES, BUT, UH, WHAT, IS THERE ANY HEALTH, HEALTH ISSUES WITH HAVING SOMETHING THAT POWERFUL IN A RESIDENTIAL AREA? UM, THERE IS NOT. AND, UH, WE PROVIDED THE CITY WITH A, UH, UH, AN RF STATEMENT. UM, IT'S DONE BY AN ELECTRICAL ENGINEER, UM, THAT, UH, SIGNED OFF ON, AND IT MEETS ALL OF THE FCC CRITERIA. IT MEETS ALL OF, UH, OSHA, IT MEETS, UH, I MEAN THERE'S, THE LIST OF AGENCIES THAT THIS GOES THROUGH IS PROBABLY 12 TO 15 LONG THAT WE NEED TO, WE NEED TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE. AND THE, THE, THE POINT THAT IT BECOMES NEGLIGIBLE IS 10 METERS. SO THIS IS DOUBLE THAT. UM, AND, UH, YEAH, THERE'S, THERE'S NO IMPACT. AND I CAN, I CAN FORWARD THE, THE COMMISSION STUDY IF YOU'D LIKE. NOW, WE APPRECIATE YOU AND, UH, UH, WITHOUT ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC. SEEING NONE, WE HAVE A MOTION, UH, AND A SECOND ON, UH, THIS COMMITTEE. UH, ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO MOVE THIS FORWARD, SAY AYE. AYE. AYE. ANYONE OPPOSED? ANYONE NEUTRAL? THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME. THANK YOU. TODD HAS YOUR CONTACT INFORMATION? YES, HE DOES. OKAY. IT'S ON THAT ONE SLIDE ACTUALLY. ABSOLUTELY. THANK YOU. THANKS FOR COMING IN. WE APPRECIATE YOU. NO, THANK YOU. SO WE MOVE THAT ON OUR SECOND, THIRD ONE OF RECOMMENDATION RECEIVING FILE, NOTHING FROM PUBLIC WORKS ON PRODUCTS AT D'S LAUNCH, WRAP AND DOG BEACH. TODD, UH, I NEED A MOTION TO APPROVE YOU. THERE YOU GO. A MOTION. TODD, I LEAVE IT TO YOU. UH, I'M GONNA INTRODUCE STEVEN FIGUERA. HE IS WITH PUBLIC WORKS. HE IS AN ENGINEER IN THEIR GROUP. HE HAS A, A LARGE GROUP OF WORKS PEOPLE WITH US TODAY. UH, I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND OUR, OUR COMMISSIONERS, UH, WE ARE HEARING PRESENTATIONS ON DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP AND N ROW DOG BEACH. WHILE THEY TAKE CARE OF A LOT OF PROJECTS IN OUR FOOTPRINT TODAY, WE'RE FOCUSED ON DAVIES AND . GREAT. STEVEN? YES. UM, THANK YOU. I'M JUST GONNA GIVE A QUICK INTRODUCTION. MY NAME IS STEVE FIGUERA. I'M A SENIOR CIVIL ENGINEER WITH PUBLIC WORKS. YEAH, THAT ONE. UM, I WORK WITH CHARLENE KO IN THE THAILANDS DIVISION, AND TODAY WE'RE PRESENTING ON TWO PROJECTS. UH, WE'LL START WITH UNI DOG BEACH AND BE PRESENT BY HUGO ABOUT 10 MINUTES OF PRESENTATION. THEN WE CAN HAVE SOME Q AND A, AND THEN WE'LL TRANSITION OVER TO DAVES GO. SO WITH THAT, I WILL HAND IT OVER TO HUGO. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. NAME HUG. PROJECT COORDINATOR WOULD TALK LOUDER OR USE THE MIC. MICROPHONE. GOOD AFTERNOON. GOOD AFTERNOON. YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST SPEAK LOUDER. , WE THE WHOLE PRESENTATION TO SPEAK LOUD. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. MY NAME'S HUGA LIU, CAPITAL PROJECT COORDINATOR FROM THE CITY REPRESENTING PUBLIC WORKS TEST. THERE YOU GO. TEST. THERE YOU GO. UM, AND I'LL BE PRE, UH, DOING A PRESENTATION THAT I'LL BE DOING THE PRESENTATION THAT I DID YESTERDAY WITH THE COMMUNITY MEETING FOR THE DOC EACH, AND I'LL BE GOING OVER THE BACKGROUNDS, UH, A LITTLE ABOUT THE HISTORY AND THEN THE, THE TIMELINE AND ALSO, UH, WHAT WE DID FOR THE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, STUDY. AND THAT'S INCLUDE THE WATER TESTING. AND, UM, I MENTIONED THE TIMELINE. YES. SO PROJECT HISTORY, THIS PROJECT ORIGINATED FROM A CITY COUNCIL REQUEST ON JULY 18TH, 2023, DIRECTING STAFF TO EVALUATE POTENTIAL SITES IN DISTRICT TWO FOR SECOND OFF-LEASH DOG BEACH TO BETTER SERVE THE RESIDENTS OF LONG BEACH. AND ON MARCH 8TH, 2024, STAFF ISSUED A MEMO TO THE CITY COUNCIL IDENTIFYING TWO POSSIBLE LOCATIONS FOR A SECOND OFF LE DOG BEACH. AND THOSE TWO LOCATIONS IN THE LETTER ARE ALAMITOS BEACH AND ALSO THE JUNIOR [00:35:01] APPAREL BEACH FOR THIS PRESENTATION, JUNIOR APPAR, I KNOW THERE'S DIFFERENT PRONUNCIATION FOR LIKE JUNIOR PERRO, AND THAT'S WHAT I'M FAMILIAR. UH, THE LETTER ALSO OUTLINED THE PLAN TO CONDUCT REQUIRED BIOLOGICAL STUDY, UH, CA REVIEW AND A COASTAL COMMISSION PERMITTING. AFTER THAT LETTER WAS RELEASED, WE RECEIVED SIGNIFICANT PUBLIC FEEDBACK. MANY RESIDENTS EXPRESSED CONCERN THAT SOME OF THE ORIGINAL IDENTIFIED SITES HAVE MANY, UM, HEAVILY USED BY FAMILIES, VISITORS, AND ALREADY HAVE EXISTING, UM, BEACH PROGRAMMING. AND OF COURSE, WE TOOK THAT FEEDBACK VERY, UH, SERIOUSLY. AND WE USED THAT, THAT FEEDBACK AND HELP US REFINE THE APPROACH TO OUR DESIGN TO PROPERLY EVALUATE THE OPTIONS. AS PART OF THE FISCAL YEAR OF 2024 CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT, THE CITY ALLOCATED A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS IN THE THAILAND FUNDINGS TO CONDUCT TECHNICAL STUDIES, INCLUDING THE REQUIRED, UH, ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY THAT WAS OUTLINED IN OUR, UH, LETTER, UH, PERMITTING AND PROJECT DELIVERY SUPPORT COST. AND IN THE PHOTO IN THE RIGHT, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS ALDO'S BEACH DURING THE SUMMERTIME, AS YOU CAN SEE, IS VERY HEAVILY USED, UM, AND HAVE MANY PROGRAM ACTIVITY ALREADY IN PLACE. AND THIS PHOTO SHOWS THE, UM, SWEEPING WATER PLAYGROUND DURING THE SUMMERTIME PROJECT GOALS. SO THEY'RE REALLY JUST TWO MAIN, WELL, THERE ARE TWO MAIN GOALS, UH, TO THIS PROJECT. FIRST TO MEET THE COMMUNITY DEMAND FOR A SECOND OFF LEACH DOG BEACH PLAY AREA, EXERCISE ZONE. BESIDES THE VERY POPULAR AND ALREADY HEAVILY USED BEACH, ESPECIALLY ON THE WEEKENDS. AND SECOND, TO PROVIDE MORE EQUITY ACCESS TO WATERFRONT AMENITIES. CURRENTLY, RESIDENTS LIVING DOWNTOWN, UH, CENTRAL LONG BEACH, UH, IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AREA HAVE LIMITED ACCESS, YOU KNOW, OFF BEACH, BEACH SPACE COMPARED TO, UM, THE RESIDENTS IN THE BELMONT SHORE AREA. AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, UH, ROSIE'S DOG BEACH IS THE ONLY OFF LEACH, UH, DOG BEACH IN THE CITY. CURRENTLY, UH, THIS PROPOSED SECOND LOCATION, UM, RESIDENTS WHO LIVE IN THE DOWNTOWN AREA THAN NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE CENTRAL GROUP HAVE BETTER ACCESS TO THE SIMILAR RESOURCES. ROSIE STOCK BEACH, AS I MENTIONED, SERVES OUR LOCAL MODEL. IT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2003 AND EXPANDED IN SIZE IN 2013, FROM 2.8 ACRES TO 4.1 ACRES APPROVED, APPROVED FROM THE CA CALIFORNIA COASTAL COMMISSION. ROSIE STAR BEACH CONSISTS APPROXIMATELY OF FOUR ACRES OF AN FENCED BEACH BASE LOCATED ADJACENT TO A PARKING LOT, WHICH SUPPORT EASE OF MAINTENANCE AND ACCESSIBILITY. IMPORTANTLY, IT HAS OPERATED SUCCESSFULLY OVER 20 YEARS, THAT LONG OPERATIONAL HISTORY GIVE US THE REAL WORLD DATA AND EXPERIENCE THE DRAW FROM. WHEN WE DESIGN THE PACKAGE AT ROSIE'S SERVER, BEST MANAGEMENT PRACTICE ARE IN PLACE. PLEASE INCLUDE CLEAR SIGNAGE TO DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES IF YOU CAN TO ROSIE. THERE ARE THESE COLORFUL DOG SHAPED METAL, UH, SIGNS THAT DEFINE THE BOUNDARIES IN THE SAND. UM, THEY'RE NOT VERY VISUALLY OBSTRUCTIVE WHILE OUTLINING CLEARLY THE BOUNDARIES. DOG WASTE BACK DISPENSERS AND TRASH RECEPTACLE FOR THE PETS OWNERS, REGULAR MONITORING, CLEANING BEACH SANITIZATION BY MARINE HERO, AND COORDINATE THE ENFORCEMENT SUPPORT FROM MARINE SAFETY AND ANIMAL CARE WHEN NEEDED. SO THE KEY POINT HERE IS THAT THERE'S ESTABLISHED OPERATIONAL MODEL THAT WORKS, AND THE MODEL WOULD BE REPLICATED HERE WHEN WE OPEN GENE BUREAU DOG BEACH SITE SELECTION, WHEN NARROWING DOWN A PREFERRED SITE. WE USE SPECIFIC CRITERIA AS WELL AS THE FEEDBACK WE GOT FROM THE RESIDENTS. UM, WHEN WE RELEASED A LETTER IN MARCH, 2024, FIRST WE PRIORITIZED THE AREA NEAR PARKING LOTS FOR MAINTENANCE EFFICIENCIES, ACCESSIBILITY. WE FOUND THAT THE PLACE ZONE AREA, EXERCISE AREA MORE SUCCESSFUL WHEN WE LOCATED NEAR A PARKING LOT OR PARKING STRUCTURE. WE ARE BOARDED POPULAR BEACH GATHERING AREAS AND WHERE FAMILY GATHERS HEAVILY PROGRAMMED AREAS LIKE PLAYGROUNDS, SPORTS COURTS, AND THE WEBB WATER FEATURES THAT I SHOWED EARLIER. AND WE LOOK FOR APPROXIMATELY FOUR CONTINUOUS ACRES OF OPEN SPACE TO REMAIN COMPARABLE TO ROSIE'S. THAT SPACE IS VERY IMPORTANT TO US WHEN WE DESIGN IT BECAUSE WE UNDERSTAND THAT DOGS AND DOG OWNERS, UM, WOULD LIKE TO PLAY REALLY IN THIS LARGE AREA [00:40:01] WHERE THEY CAN ACTUALLY PLAY CASH, YOU KNOW, PLAY BALL AND RUN IN OPEN SPACE AREA LIKE ROSIE'S ROSES. AND BASED ON THESE CRITERIA, WE ELIMINATE THE TWO ORIGINAL PROPOSED ALAMEDO BEACH AND WEST C**N. UH, JIM CARRO BEACH RESULTING IN THE PREFERRED, UH, PROPOSED LOCATION IN THE EAST OF JIM CARRO BEACH AREA. AND THIS, UH, AREA PHOTO SHOWS A, A BIGGER, UH, PHOTO OF WHAT THE JIM PEARL DOG BEACH WILL BE LOCATED IS EAST OF THE JIM PERRO BEACH PARKING LOT BETWEEN THE ALAMEDA, UH, MO AVENUE AND ALSO ARZA BY AVENUE LIKE ROSIE'S JUNIPER DOG BEACH WOULD FEATURE AN OFF LEASH COASTAL DOG CLAY EXERCISE AREA. APPROXIMATELY FOUR ACRES OF FENCE. EACH PLACE IMPROVEMENT WOULD FOCUS MAINLY ON SIGNAGE, WASTE BACK DISPENSER AND TRASH RECEPTACLE. THERE WON'T BE STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT OR THERE WON'T BE HEAVILY CONSTRUCTION THAT WILL BE GOING ON FOR THIS PROJECT. IT'S MAINLY JUST IMPLEMENTING THE SIGNAGE, UH, OPERATIONALLY IT WOULD MIRROR THE ROSIE'S IN TERM OF OPERATION, AISLE HOURS, MAINTENANCE STANDARD AND AIR FORCEMENT PROTOCOLS ENVIRONMENTAL STUDY. WHAT WE STUDY AS PART OF THE COASTAL COMMISSION PROCESS, BIOLOGICAL STUDIES ARE REQUIRED TO DETERMINE IF THE PROPOSED WORK IMPROVEMENT WOULD GENERATE IMPACTS. IN 2024, THE CITY ENGAGED A LOCAL QUALIFIED BIOLOGIST TO CONDUCT FIELD SURVEYS AND LITERATURE REVIEWS. THIS INCLUDE VEGETATION SURVEYS, IOG GRASS ASSESSMENT, BIRDS SURVEYS, INCLUDING SPECIAL STATUS SPECIES AND GENERAL WILDLIFE OBSERVATIONS. AND FROM THESE ENVIRONMENTAL FINDINGS, UM, THE FINDINGS CONCLUDE THAT THERE IS NO NATIVE VEGETATIONS WITHIN THE PROPOSED AREA. NO YIELD GRASS OR SERVE GRASS PRESENTS NO NESTING HABITAT IDENTIFIED WITHIN THE PROPOSED FOOTPRINT. IN OTHER WORDS, THERE ARE NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT IN THIS EXISTING BIOLOGICAL RESOURCE IN THAT AREA THAT WE CAN FIND IN THE ENVIRONMENTAL SETTING. WATER QUALITY TESTING, THE CITY CONDUCT WEEKLY WATER QUALITY TESTING IN COMPLIANCE WITH STATE LAW THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH. THIS RESULTS ARE USED TO INFORM THE PUBLIC FOR FOUR POSSIBLE WASH CONDITIONS. OPEN ADVISORY, RAIN ADVISORY, AND ENCLOSED FOR ROSIE ROSIE'S DOG BEACH TESTING OCCURS AT GRANADA AVENUE OFF BEACH BOULEVARD. AND FOR THE PROPOSED JUNIPER LOCATION TESTING'S ALREADY CONDUCTED AT MILANO'S AVENUE OFF BEACH BOULEVARD. THIS MEANS THERE IS AN EXISTING MONITORING FRAMEWORK AT, IN PLACES AT THESE LOCATIONS ALREADY. AND THE PROPOSED DOCK BEACH WOULD OPERATE WITHIN A SAFETY SUSTAINED WATER QUALITY MONITORING SYSTEM. OPERATIONAL OPERATIONS AND MAINTENANCE OPERATIONS WOULD BE HANDLED BY PRMS MARINES BUREAU, UH, BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, DIVISIONS, THE JUNIPER DOG BEACH MAINTENANCE PROGRAM, RAM MIRROR, ROSIE'S DOG BEACH, WHICH INCLUDES ONE DAILY CENT SIFTING BREAK USING MECHANICAL EQUIPMENT THAT CAN GO UP TO 10 INCHES DEEP. TWO, THE SCENT IS TILTED TO EXPOSE DEEPER LAYER TO SUNLIGHT, WHICH SUPPORTS NATURAL SANITIZATION AND REDUCE OF THE BACTERIA THAT GROWS IN THE SAND. AND THREE TRASH COLLECTIONS REPLENISHMENT OF DOCK WASTE, SUPPLI OF ZA ON FOR AND ON ESTIMATED BASIS. THIS OPERATIONAL PLANT IS SMALLER DIRECTLY FROM THE ROSIE DOCK BEACH, A SYSTEM THAT HAS FUNCTIONED AND WORKED FOR NEARLY TWO DECADES. AND WE PLAN TO CONTINUE THAT AT THE GEO. AND LASTLY, THE PROJECT TIMELINE. CURRENTLY WE'RE IN THE COMMUNITY ENGAGE ENGAGEMENT PHASE, WHICH WE HAVE DONE YESTERDAY AND COLLECTING OF ALL THE FEEDBACKS. AND ALSO TODAY FOLLOWING THIS, THE PROJECT, WE PROCEEDING WITH THE SECRET ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW, CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACTS AND REGULATORY PERMIT APPLICATIONS AT AROUND SPRINGTIME OF 2026. AND THE NEXT STEP WILL BE TO, UH, ENGAGE COASTAL COMMISSIONS REVIEW. UM, THEN WE'LL GO TO THE MUNICIPAL CODE COMMANDS. AND LASTLY, WE WILL IMPLEMENT, UH, THE PROJECTS AND OPEN UP JUNE THE CURRENT DOCK EACH. THE LAST THREE IS, UH, TO DETERMINE, DEPENDS ON THE COASTAL CONDITIONS, WORKLOAD OF THE REVIEW. UM, IT CAN TAKE ABOUT [00:45:01] A YEAR PLUS OR MINUS SIX MONTHS. AND THAT CONCLUDES THE PRESENTATIONS. AND WE CAN MOVE ON TO THE Q SECTION. MRS, ANY UH, COMMENTS? YES. FOR THIS SITE THAT'S, UH, PROPOSED? HAS THERE BEEN ANY, UM, THOUGHT OR, UM, WITH REGARDS TO THE PLAY STRUCTURE THAT'S ON THE SIDE OF, OF THE, UM, UH, BATHROOMS, UM, THERE'S A LOT OF KIDS AND FAMILIES THAT REALIZE THAT. SO, UM, WE DON'T HAVE A PLAY STRUCTURE THAT'S BY ROSIE'S DOG BEACH. AND IF I, UH, IF I WAS GOING TO, UH, ONE PROB EACH, UH, TO SWIM, I WOULD DRIVE DOWN AND I WOULD PARK AS CLOSE AS POSSIBLE AND THEN WALK, UH, PAST THAT STRUCTURE. SO, UM, HAVE WE HAD ANY THOUGHT INTO, UM, HOW TO MAKE IT SAFER FOR THE KIDS SO THEY DON'T ACCIDENTALLY GET DOG BITTEN OR, UM, YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE PEOPLE ARE GOOD PET PARENTS AND MONITORING THEIR DOG AND THEIR DOG'S, NOT WALKING FROM THE CAR TO THE DOG BEACH PAST ALL THESE CHILDREN WHO COULD GET BIT. AND HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT AND WHAT DOES THAT LOOK LIKE? THANK YOU. YEAH, WE HAVE DISCUSSION ABOUT THAT. I UNDERSTAND THAT WE ARE, WE'RE GOING TO BE DESIGNING SIGNAGE AROUND THE AREA AND SOME OF THE SIGNS THAT, JUST LIKE ROSIE'S, I BELIEVE THAT WE HAVE, UM, WE HAVE SIGNS THAT TELL THE OWNERS TO KEEP THE DOG ON LEASH BEFORE GOING TO THE BEACH AREA, UM, DURING, UM, FROM THE PARKING LOT TO THE, UH, VIEW, UH, BEACH AREA, STEVEN. YEAH, AND I CAN ADD TO THAT TOO. UM, THAT IS ONE OF THE BIG COMPONENTS IS SIGNAGE, MAKING SURE PEOPLE KNOW THE RULES. UM, THERE'S ALSO THE ENFORCEMENT ASPECT, AND IT IS SIMILAR TO ROSIE'S, A LOT OF THIS DOES, UM, A LOT OF THIS DOES RELY ON JUST KIND OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT AND PEOPLE BEING GOOD RESPONSIBLE OWNERS. UM, AS FAR AS THE SPECIFIC LOCATION, WE DID SELECT IT INTENTION TO BE ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT, UH, SEWER OUTFALL OR THE STORMWATER OUTFALL THERE. OKAY. SO THERE IS A, SOME FORM OF A PHYSICAL BARRIER BETWEEN THAT, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP WITH GIVE THAT SEPARATION. OKAY. GOOD. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . I HAVE SOME QUESTIONS. YES, MA'AM. UM, IS, SO JUST IN GENERAL, UH, BECAUSE YOU WERE, UM, REFERRING TO USING THE ROSE EAST DOG BEACH MODEL, DOES THE CITY OF LONG BEACH KEEP KIND OF ANY KIND OF RECORDS OF DOGFIGHTING DOG FATALITY DOG BITES THAT HAPPEN AT ROSIE'S DOG BEACH? IS THERE A WAY TO SURVEY OR CATALOG THOSE KINDS OF CONCERNS? SO HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT IT IS, I MEAN, I, I'M VERY NEUTRAL ON THIS. I'M NOT TRYING TO HANG ANYBODY OUT, BUT HOW DO YOU KNOW IT'S SUCCESSFUL? YEAH, SO A LOT OF THIS, THE ENFORCEMENT GOES THROUGH, YOU KNOW, DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY OF THE ENFORCEMENT, A LOT OF THE FIRST RESPONDERS OR MARINE MAINTENANCE BUREAU, BUT THEN IT CAN GET ESCALATED TO FIRE DEPARTMENT OR POLICE DEPARTMENT AS REQUIRED. UM, WE DON'T, PUBLIC WORKS DOESN'T HAVE THE STATS ON HOW MANY INCIDENTS THERE ARE A YEAR. UM, THAT WAS ANOTHER QUESTION LAST NIGHT THAT WE WERE GONNA LOOK INTO TO SEE IF WE CAN GET THOSE NUMBERS. UM, WAS THERE ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANTED TO ADD? YEAH, UM, DOG BITES ARE OCCASIONAL, UH, AND THAT WILL WORK THROUGH THE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES, UH, ANIMAL CONTROL THAT'S IN PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE. BUT ALSO WE HAVE OUR PARTNERS IN LONG BEACH FIRE DEPARTMENT MARINE SAFETY THAT, UH, RESPOND DOWN THERE AS WELL AS LBPD. UM, FOR THE MOST PART, ANY SORT OF, UH, MAJOR ANIMAL INCIDENT INJURY THAT WOULD GO THROUGH, UH, UH, PARKS, RECREATION, MARINE ANIMAL CARE SERVICES. SO, SO, UH, UH, SO THAT'S, THAT MAKES SENSE TO ME. I'D BE CURIOUS TO KNOW WHAT THE RECORD HAS BEEN. AND I'VE BEEN TO ROSIE'S DOG BEACH AND NOT AT ALL OPPOSED TO IT, BUT, SO THAT'S SORT OF ONE OF MY QUESTIONS IS TO SEE, I DON'T TAKE MY DOGS THERE ANYMORE 'CAUSE THEY'RE OLD, BUT YOU KNOW, EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE DOGS GET INJURED OR THEY INJURE PEOPLE. AND I GET THAT IT'S RARE. I'M JUST CURIOUS TO KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD BE. UM, SO THAT'S ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. UM, AND THEN YOU SURVEYED THE SITE FOR EELGRASS, UM, THREATENED SPECIES NESTING BIRDS. UM, SO THAT MAKES ME FEEL THAT YOU'RE VERY CONFIDENT THAT THE DOGS WON'T WANDER OFF INTO THE, UM, BLUFFS OR ANY OF THE AREAS THAT AREN'T WITHIN THAT AREA. UM, HAVE YOU LOOKED AT THAT IMPACT AND YOU THINK THE COASTAL COMMISSION MAY ASK ABOUT THAT? 'CAUSE COASTAL BLUFFS ARE A FAIRLY RARE RESOURCE NOW. I WAS JUST CURIOUS ABOUT THAT AND I I CAN TAKE THAT ONE AS WELL. UM, YES, WE DID THE ANALYSIS ON THE SURVEY AND ONE OF THE, OR WE DID THE BIOLOGICAL SURVEY ON THE AREA. UH, THE, THE RESULTS ALONG THE BEACH AREA WERE FAIRLY CONSISTENT THROUGHOUT, SO THIS WAS, I WOULD IMAGINE AN IDEAL LOCATION. [00:50:01] UM, THERE IS AN OVER, I BELIEVE IT'S 111 FEET BUFFER FROM THIS, THE EDGE OF THIS RED LINE UP TO THE WALKING PATH. SO AGAIN, THERE IS SOME LEVEL OF RESPONSIBILITY OF THE DOG OWNER, BUT THAT'S A FAIRLY SUBSTANTIAL BUFFER FROM THE, UM, OFFICIAL DOG BEACH ZONE. THEN THERE'S ALSO THE, THE BUFFER OF THE WALKING PATH. RIGHT. UM, SO OUR TEAM DECIDED OR DETERMINED THAT THAT WAS AN APPROPRIATE DISTANCE. OKAY. THAT'S GOOD INFORMATION. AND THEN THE, THE FINAL THING THAT I'M SORT OF CURIOUS ABOUT IS MY LAST QUESTION THAT MAYBE YOU CAN'T ANSWER. UM, SO I THINK DOG BEACHES ARE GREAT. I'VE BEEN IN THEM LOTS AND LOTS OF TIMES. SO IN THE CITY OF LONG BEACH, IF YOU OWN A PET, THE PET HAS TO BE, UM, NEUTERED, RIGHT? YES. SO LIKE A PERSONAL GRIPES, PEOPLE WHO BRING THEIR DOGS THERE THAT AREN'T FIXED, I THINK IT WOULD BE, UH, A GOOD SOURCE OF REVENUE TO GET THOSE DOGS OUT OF THERE THAT AREN'T FIXED. UM, BECAUSE I THINK THAT CAUSES A LOT OF THE, UH, COMMOTION DOWN THERE. UH, SO I, I'M WONDERING IF THERE'S A WAY FOR THE CITY OF LONG BEACH TO ENFORCE THAT LAW OF THEIRS AT A DOG BEACH. AND THAT'S MY LAST QUESTION. YEAH, UNDERSTOOD. AND ENFORCEMENT IS, UM, IS A SEPARATE ISSUE, BUT THE LONG BEACH MUNICIPAL CODE DOES HAVE A SPECIFIC SECTION. I KNOW YOU HAD, I DON'T, WE CAN GET THAT NUMBER, BUT THERE'S A FULL SECTION ON REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DOG BEACH AND IT'S THE RATIO OF DOGS OR OWNERS TO DOGS. UM, THEY DO, THEY ARE REQUIRED TO BE FIXED. SO WE DO HAVE THAT COVERED AND THAT WILL BE PART OF OUR SIGNAGE, MAKING SURE THAT THAT IS CLEAR SO EVERYBODY UNDERSTANDS THE, THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF, UH, BOTH THE PENS AND THE OWNERS. YEAH. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. HEY, UM, FROM HERE, I CAN SEE THAT ROSALA IS THE BOUNDARY ON THE EAST, BUT I CAN'T READ WHAT THE BOUNDARY ON THE LEFT IT IS MOLINO AVENUE MOO. OKAY. SO THERE'S NO PARKING THERE. THERE'S NO PARKING THERE TO PARK. YOU HAVE TO GO DOWN TO, UM, BEACH AND YOU GO DOWN THE HILL THERE, BUT WHERE YOU'RE PROPOSING THE PARKING IS TO THE WEST YEAH. RIGHT HERE OR THAT WAY. YES. SO YOU'RE GONNA END PARKING IS ALWAYS IMPACTED THERE. IT IS ALWAYS A, A CHORE SEVEN DAYS A WEEK FOR PEOPLE TO FIND PARKING. SO YOU'RE GONNA HAVE A LOT OF PEOPLE PARKING IN THE NEIGHBORHOODS OR ON OCEAN BOULEVARD AND WALKING TO THE DOG PARK. SO WE HAVE CONDUCTED PARKING STUDIES AND ACTUALLY THAT IS ONE OF OUR LARGER LOTS AVAILABLE. UM, AGAIN, CONSIDERING WE WANT THIS TO BE CLOSE AS CLOSE TO DOWNTOWN AS POSSIBLE. SO ALAMITOS LOT, UM, WAS SIGNIFICANTLY SMALLER. THIS LOT IS ONE OF THE LARGER LOTS. UM, AND THAT ACCORDING OF THE PARKING DATA, YES, THERE ARE SPIKES WHERE IT IS FULL, BUT IT DOESN'T SHOW A CONSISTENT RECORD OF, UM, EVEN SUBSTANTIAL OCCUPATION. SO OUR PARKING METER DATA SHOWS THAT THERE IS AVAILABLE PARKING, UM, FOR, FOR THIS DOG BEACH, WHICH IS AGAIN, WHY IT WAS LOCATED RIGHT HERE. ANOTHER FACTOR IS THIS IS IN DISTRICT TWO, WHICH HAS A FAIRLY HIGH DENSITY. UM, SO ONE OF THE PURPOSES IS TO HAVE PEOPLE WALKING TO THIS PARK, UH, AND HAVE PARKING AVAILABLE. BUT REALLY A LOT OF THE PEOPLE THAT WE EXPECT TO USE THIS PARK WILL BE IN THE DIRECT VICINITY, UM, NEIGHBORHOODS. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF APARTMENTS HERE. SO GIVING THEM THAT OPPORTUNITY TO BE ABLE TO WALK THERE. SO WE FEEL LIKE THIS HAS A GOOD COMBINATION OF, UM, FACILITATING PEOPLE DRIVING AND PARKING IN THE CITY LOTS ALONG OCEAN BOULEVARD, BUT THEN ALSO BEING WALKABLE. OKAY. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . YES, COMMISSIONER LAST STATED, YOU KNOW, ACCOUNTABILITY IS KEY. AND IF WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, THE DOGS THAT ARE NOT INJURED, WE, WE STILL GET STUFF, THE ELECTRIC BIKES AND UH, MINI BIKES THAT ARE GOING, YOU KNOW, UP AND DOWN AND THAT, THAT'S VERY TOUGH. BUT SIGNAGE IS GOOD, BUT ACCOUNTABILITY IS SOMETHING TOO. UM, ESPECIALLY BEING IN THAT RESIDENTIAL AREA, I'M PICTURING THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE WALKING DOWN WITH THEIR DOGS TO WATCH THE SUNSET. AND IF THERE'S ONLY ALLOWED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DOGS DOWN THERE WHO HOLDS OUT OF TOWN, I MEAN, WHO IS OTHER THAN ASSIGNED. AND TO, TO CLARIFY THAT, THERE ISN'T A LIMIT ON THE NUMBER OF DOGS THAT CAN OCCUPY IT. IT'S A RATIO OF DOGS TO PEOPLE. SO IT'S A ONE-TO-ONE RATIO. SO I COULDN'T WALK DOWN THERE WITH FOUR DOGS. I WOULD NEED THREE OTHER HUMANS WITH ME. UM, WHICH IS SUPPOSED TO HELP MANAGE, YOU KNOW, THE PEOPLE TO DOG ASPECT RATIO OF THAT. GOOD LUCK. YOU KNOW, IT IS, UH, WE'RE HERE, WE'RE ADVISORS, YOU KNOW? YES. AND AS YOU HEARD FROM COMMISSIONER LAMB ON, ON SOME OF THE THINGS, I'M GLAD YOU'VE BEEN PROACTIVE ON THAT BECAUSE I LIKE THE DOG BEACH. MY DOG LOVES THE DOG BEACH, BUT THERE ARE DOGS THAT ARE, ARE NOT HAPPY DOGS OUT THERE. AND THE OWNERS WILL LET 'EM GO AND TURN AWAY AND, AND DO WHATEVER THEY'RE DOING. SO ACCOUNTABILITY'S GONNA BE KEY. AND I HOPE THAT'S BROUGHT UP IN THE SENSE OF HAVING SOMEBODY THAT'S [00:55:01] DOING A WALKABOUT EVERY NOW AND THEN JUST TO CHECK AND TO ADVISE SIGNAGE. NOT EVERYBODY READS SIGNS. RIGHT. YOU KNOW, THAT. I MEAN, COME ON, 4TH OF JULY, EVERYBODY'S THROWING FIREWORKS OUT ON THE, ON THE BEACH AND NO ONE DOES ANYTHING. SO, AND, AND ONE OF THE FIRE CHIEFS, UM, LAST NIGHT MADE THE, MADE THE JOKE. HE SAID, DOGS ARE GOOD PETS, BUT THEY'RE NOT VERY GOOD AT READING SIGNS. YEAH, IT'S HONOR TO THE HUMANS. UM, BUT ALSO, AND WE DO HAVE CITY STAFF THAT'S REGULARLY PATROLLING THE AREA. UM, YOU KNOW, THERE'S NOT SOMEBODY THERE 24 7 ENFORCING THE RULES, BUT WE HAVE A CONSTANT PRESENCE OUT THERE. AND OF COURSE, IF THERE'S ANY ISSUES THAT ARE, UM, MORE PROBLEMATIC, WE CAN GET THE RIGHT PEOPLE OUT THERE. GREAT. HEY, GO. PLEASE MR. I HAVE ONE OTHER, UH, QUESTION OR COMMENT. I KNOW THAT, UM, MILITO ACTUALLY HAS STAIRS THAT HE CAN USE. 'CAUSE I'VE USED THOSE STAIRS AND THERE'S A CROSSWALK. UM, AND I'M, WHERE I'M GOING WITH THIS IS IT'S VERY DENSE RIGHT IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD. SO PRESUMING FOLKS ARE GONNA WALK TO THE BEACH AND YOU CAN CROSS AT MOLINO, CAN YOU CROSS OCEAN AT THE EASTERN BORDER WITH A SYMBOLIZED CROSSWALK? AND IF WE DON'T HAVE A PEDESTRIAN ACTIVATED CROSSWALK, WOULD WE CONSIDER ADDING THAT BASED UPON THE DENSITY OF THE HOUSING THERE? IF WE'RE TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEDESTRIAN ACCESS TO THE DOG BEACH? YES. AND I'LL, I'LL NEED TO VERIFY THAT. I BELIEVE THERE IS A SIGNALED INTERSECTION AT AA, UM, WITH THE PEDESTRIAN CROSSWALK. OKAY. YES. GREAT. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, UH, PUBLIC, ANYBODY FROM THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? ONCE, YES, TODD, HARDLY PUBLIC COMMISSIONERS. UH, WE'LL GO TO OUR NEXT, UH, UH, ONE DIRECT TODD. UH, WE HAVE ONE MORE. YES, I KNOW. THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA GO TO YOU NEXT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENTATION. WELL DONE. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, AND THEN, UH, NEXT UP WE HAVE JASON LACK, WHO'S A PROJECT MANAGER, CAPITAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR. UM, HE'S GONNA BE PRESENTING ON THE DAVIES BOAT LAUNCH AND FACILITY IMPROVEMENTS. ALRIGHT, GREAT. YOU READY? READY. THANK YOU. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UH, AS STEVEN MENTIONED, I'M JASON LACK , UM, A CAPITAL PROJECTS COORDINATOR. I'LL BE ACTING AS A PROJECT MANAGER FOR THIS NAVY BOAT LAUNCH PROJECT. UM, AND THROUGHOUT THIS WHOLE PRESENTATION, I'LL BE KIND OF WALKING THROUGH THE BACKGROUND OF IT. SO PROJECT SCOPE, THE FUNDING AND SCHEDULE. AND FOR THE BACKGROUND, UH, YOU GUYS ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH NAVY BOAT LAUNCH. UH, THIS IS LOCATED ON THE EAST SIDE OR SOUTHEAST PORTION, RIGHT? GREEN STADIUM, UH, YOU KNOW, RIGHT BY MOTHERS BEACH AND, UH, SECOND DCH, UH, SHOPPING CENTER THERE. AND SOME KEY, YOU KNOW, KEY, UH, FACTOR ABOUT THIS SITE IS THAT THE 22,000 SQUARE FOOT CO LAUNCH RAMP HOUSES ABOUT 180 PARKING STALLS. AND IT ALSO SERVES ABOUT 35,000, UH, TRAILER VESSELS ANNUALLY, WHICH IS QUITE LARGE, ONE OF THE LARGEST IN OUR, UH, AREA HERE. UM, AND SO BETWEEN 2021 AND 2023 IS GONNA BE SECURITIES FUNDS, UH, THANKS TO PARTS DEPARTMENT. UM, YOU KNOW, THEY WOULDN'T SET, THEY WENT OUT AND SET OUT FOR, UH, YOU KNOW, A DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION GRANT THAT GRANTED US THIS $6.3 MILLION TO HELP FUND THESE IMPROVEMENTS AT BABIES BOAT LAUNCH. UM, AND SO COMING TO NOVEMBER OF 2022, UH, IS WHEN WE, UH, DID A SITE VISIT WITH DIVISION OF VOTING WATERWAYS, WITH PARK STAFF AND WITH ALSO, I BELIEVE, UH, COMMISSIONER MURRAY WAS THERE AS WELL TO HELP, UH, GUIDE AND SEE WHAT KIND OF SCOPE ITEMS WE WANTED TO TAKE INCLUDE WITH THESE IMPROVEMENTS. AND SO AS PART OF THESE IMPROVEMENTS, YOU KNOW, WE WANTED TO, UH, TRY ADDING ONTO THE BOAT, UH, THE DOCK FACILITY THERE AS PART OF THE GRANT APPLICATION. BUT UNFORTUNATELY, ACCORDING TO, UH, DIVISIONS, VOTING WATERWAY DID NOT MEET THEIR STANDARD OF DEFICIENCY, WHICH BASICALLY MEANS STILL IN GREAT CONDITION. UH, NEVERTHELESS, YOU KNOW, WE MOVED ON WITH THE PROJECT SCOPE AND WANTED TO DESIGN AND, YOU KNOW, MOVE FORWARD WITH THIS PROJECT. AND SO AS PART OF THIS PROJECT, WE ORIGINALLY BIDED THIS IN AUGUST OF 2023. UH, WHICH TO OUR SURPRISE, UH, THE ESTIMATE THAT, OR THE BID THAT WE GOT WAS ACTUALLY 1.3 MILLION ABOVE OUR, UH, ENGINEER'S ESTIMATE, WHICH MADE US REEVALUATE OUR PROJECT. WE HAD TO GO BACK TO VALUE ENGINEERING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE COULD FIT THE PROJECT WITHIN OUR PROJECTS FUNDING SOURCE. OH, UH, TO GET SOME, SOME OTHER MORE CONTEXT, UH, OF THE PROJECT HERE. UH, THE SAME BEAUMONT IS USED RECREATIONALLY AND COMMERCIALLY. UH, NOTED, YOU KNOW, IT'S 300 HOUSES, ALL OF THE BEAUMONT LOCATIONS NEAR THE SLIDE HERE. UM, [01:00:01] AND AS PART OF THIS IS, YOU KNOW, UNDER THE CALIFORNIA LEGISLATION THAT PROTECTS AND HAS PUBLIC ACCESS FOR PEOPLE TO USE THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. AND SO, UH, THE KEY COMPONENT ABOUT THIS WHOLE PROJECT IS THAT THIS WILL BE A PROMINENT ROLE FOR THE 2028 OLYMPICS WILL BE HOUSING, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL GAMES HERE AT THIS LOCATION. AND SO BUILDING UP THIS, THIS SITE AND INFRASTRUCTURE HERE WILL BE REALLY CRITICAL FOR THE OLYMPICS AND THE PROJECT OBJECTIVES HERE. SO ONE OF THE MAIN GOALS FOR THIS PROJECT IS TO INCREASE VOTING SAFETY AND ALSO PROVOKABLE ACCESS HERE. UM, YOU CAN SEE IN THE PHOTO THERE, THIS IS THE CURRENT EXISTING CONDITIONS OF THE BOAT LAUNCH. LOT OF VALUE CRACKING, VERY TRIBUTED CONCRETE HERE AND MUCH NEED REPAIR OF, YOU KNOW, UH, NEED TO REPAIR FOR THIS LOCATION HERE. AND SO WE THIS RESTRICTING IT, UM, AND, YOU KNOW, CONTINUE ON TO ADD MORE, IMPROVE TO THIS LOCATION. SO ADDITIONAL GOAL FOR THIS ONE. UH, SO WE HAVE SOME, UH, A BIG COMPONENT HERE IS KIND OF ACCESSIBILITY AND USER EXPERIENCE. CURRENTLY THIS SITE IS NOT THE MOST COMPLIANT. YOU CAN SEE THE TOP LEFT CORNER THERE. WE HAVE OUR, ESSENTIALLY AN ASPHALT CONCRETE RAMP THAT GOES TO OUR DOCK. SO WE'LL BE HELPING TO INCREASE ACCESSIBILITY TO THESE LOCATIONS. WE ALSO HAVE THIS EXISTING ASPHALT PATHWAY. UM, IT'S ESSENTIALLY JUST A CONCRETE SIDEWALK THAT TERMINATES AND BECOMES AN ASPHALT UH, WALKWAY. SO WE'LL BE HELPING TO CONNECT THIS LOCATION TO THE EXISTING SIDEWALK DOWN THE STREET THERE. UM, AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM LEFT, YOU CAN SEE HERE THE EXISTING RESTROOM IS IN REALLY BAD CONDITION. I MEAN, IT'S, IT, IT'S QUITE, IT'S QUITE PAST IT, UH, LIFECYCLE AND IF YOU GUYS HAVE SEEN THE LOCATION, IT, IT REALLY NEEDS SOME, SOME LOVE AND UPDATE. AND SO AS PART OF THAT UPDATE, WE'RE GOING TO BE PUTTING A PREFAB RESTROOM THERE WITH SIX INDIVIDUAL, UM, STALLS THERE FOR, FOR GUESTS. UM, SOME ADDITIONAL KEY PROJECT ELEMENTS. I THINK I TOUCHED ON, UM, THE BOAT LAUNCH RAMP. THAT ONE WE'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA BE, UH, TOUCHING UP ON THAT ONE. ADDITIONALLY, SOME SITE WORK, SO REPAVING THE ENTIRE SITE IS CLOSE TO 200,000 SQUARE FEET OF PAINTING. SO IT'S A LOT OF THE PAINTING FOR THIS SITE AND IT'S GONNA BE MUCH NEEDED AS YOU SAW SOME OF THE PHOTOS. LOT OF, UH, REPAIR NEEDED. UM, SOME DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS AND HERDS AND GUTTERS. UH, THE RESTROOM LIKE OVER THERE, YOU KNOW, QUITE A GREAT, UH, UPGRADE TO THE SITE. THE CHARGING STATIONS, WE'LL BE HAVING A COUPLE OF THOSE THERE AT THE SITE. UH, WE HAVE ALSO 80 SAWS, I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT ONE. AND THEN WE'LL HAVE SOME NEW SITE LIGHTING THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE FACILITY. SO ALL OF THESE WILL BE LD EFFICIENT, UM, FOR FOUR. AND HERE'S A FEW OTHER AMENITIES THAT'LL BE UPDATED AS WELL. SO WE HAVE, UH, GATE, UM, TRASH ENCLOSURES THINK THESE ARE GONNA BE NICE. IT LOOKS SIMILAR TO THE ONE THAT, UH, VERIZON, UH, POSTED, UH, FOR THAT SITE THERE. BUT WE HAVE SOME NEW TRASH ENCLOSURES FOR THIS. WE'LL BE HAVING SOME NEW GATE ARMS ON A MAIN PAY SYSTEMS, A NEW ADDITION TO THE SITE, WHICH IS, UH, ACTUALLY PRETTY NICE IN A, A FISH CLEANING STATION. SO WE'LL BE ADDING THAT CENTRALIZED WASTES BOLT CENTER, UH, UPDATING THE BOAT WASH STATION, UM, AND ADDING THE SAND OIL SEPARATOR FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SAFETY AND ALSO ADDING SOME NEW SITE FACILITY SIGNAGE THROUGHOUT. OKAY. DO YOU PULL THAT ONE PICTURE OFF OF WHITE ? THAT IS MOSTLY DOESN'T, THAT IS ACTUALLY THE EXACT MODEL OF LIGHT THAT WE'RE USING AND THIS WAS THEIR REPRESENTATION OF IT AND WE THOUGHT IT, UH, DID IT, DID IT JUSTICE? VERY GOOD. VERY GOOD. WE HAD FUNDING. HERE'S THE FINDING HERE AS WELL. UH, DIVISION VOTING WATER RE GAVE US AT 6.3 MILLION. UH, AND THEN THE COMBINED FUNDS FROM AND MARINA FUNDS OF 2.5 GIVING US 8.8 TOTAL FOR THIS PROJECT. AND PARENTS LOOKING FORWARD, THIS IS OUR PROPERTY SCHEDULE. SO WE ALREADY HAVE A DATE IN PLACE WITH CITY COUNCIL, UH, RECOMMENDING TO MOVE FORWARD WITH CONSTRUCTION MARCH, 2026, OH, SORRY, AWARDING, UH, MARCH, 2026 AND THEN SHORTLY AFTER TO BE CONTRACTING, UH, THAT SPRING AND THEN START CONSTRUCTION THIS SPRING, SUMMER TO FINISH THE END OF THIS YEAR. AND AT THIS TIME, THERE'S ANY OTHER INFORMATION. ALL THIS ON OUR WEBPAGE THAT WE'LL BE UPDATING MONTHLY AS WELL. DAVIES IS ALSO USED. I KNOW A LOT OF MILITARY COME AND, UH, THE SHERIFFS AND THINGS, EVERYBODY USES IT, RIGHT? MM-HMM . SO SECURITY WISE, DO YOU THINK THAT COULD BE CLOSED FOR THE OLYMPIC THEN JUST, JUST, UH, LOOKING AT, IN THE FUTURE, I GUESS I SHOULD ASK TODD, IS THAT SOMETHING THAT COULD BE CLOSED, UH, OUT DURING THE OLYMPIC TIME FOR SECURITY PURPOSES? YEAH. DAVE'S, DAVE'S LUNCH WRAP IS PART OF A VENUE USE GUARANTEE AREA. OKAY. FOR MORGAN STADIUM. AND IT IS [01:05:01] GOING TO BE SEQUESTERED FOR THE LA 28 GIG. OKAY. YOUR HONOR. THAT'S A NICE WORD. YEAH. CAN WE CHARGE, UH, LA DON'T PUT THAT ON RECORD. WELL, WE CAN CHARGE LA 28 FOR THOSE COSTS TO GO BACK INTO THE RAIN BARREL. SO WE DO HAVE, UH, WE'RE WORKING WITH, UH, CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE AND IT'S CALLED, UH, NORMAL CUSTOMARY SERVICES. UH, ALL THE THINGS THAT WE DO, UH, IN THE COMMUNITY AND THROUGHOUT THE VENUE AREAS, UH, WE'RE LISTING AND WE'RE LISTING COST AND REVENUE AND STUFF LIKE THAT FOR THOSE. AND THIS IS A NO BUILD GAMES, BUT IT'S ALSO A GAMES WHERE THE EXPECTATION IS ANY, ANY REVENUE LOSS OR PAYMENT OUT TO CREATE A GAINS EXPERIENCE WILL BE REIMBURSED TO THE CITY AGENCIES THAT ARE HOSTING THE EVENTS. GREAT. THANK YOU. ANY COMMENTS? YES, COMMISSIONER. SO THE FLOATING DUMP THAT WAS THERE, THAT WAS NOT INCLUDED AS PART OF THE GRANT, ARE WE STILL EXPLORING, UH, GRANTS OR FUNDING SOURCES? SO THAT CAN BE PART OF THE UPGRADE? WE'RE, WE'RE LOOKING INTO THAT FOR THE SAKE OF MOVING THIS PROJECT ALONG. WE'VE, WE'VE SPLIT THAT EFFORT, BUT THIS PROJECT, WE ARE ESSENTIALLY GETTING THAT, UM, THAT DOCK. WE'RE GETTING UTILITIES OUT THERE RIGHT NOW SINCE WE'RE ALREADY CUTTING THE PAVEMENT. SO WE'RE, WE'RE SETTING UP THE INFRASTRUCTURE SO THAT WE'LL BE READY TO THAT PROJECT. NOW WE'RE GONNA PUT A FISH CLEANING STATION THAT'S FOR THE BOAT OWNERS. THAT, THAT, OR IS THERE FISHING ALLOWED ON THAT DOCK? SO, SO GENERALLY IT'S FOR PEOPLE COMING BACK FROM THE BOAT OWNERS. UM, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, IS IT RIGHT ADJACENT TO THE RESTROOM? YES. SO IT'S KIND OF IN THAT ZONE. SO IF THERE WOULD BE YOU COME UP, WASH YOUR BOAT, CLEAN YOUR FISH AND HAVE IT BE A ONE STOP SHOP. THANK YOU. ANY QUESTIONS? I HAD SOME RIGHT? YOU GO FIRST. I'M TALKING TOO MUCH. AH, SO THIS HAS ALREADY GONE TO BID, CORRECT? YES. AND, AND HAS THERE BEEN A CONTRACTOR AWARDED THE BID? YEAH, SO THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GOING FROM MARCH. WE'RE GONNA BE RECOMMENDING, UH, THIS ONE'S C GRIFFITH, THEY'RE, THEY'RE THE RECOMMENDED FOR THE LOWEST RIGHT NOW IN MOST RURAL BID MARCH IS WHEN WE'RE PLANNING TO RECOMMEND AS THE COUNCIL. OKAY. HAVE THEY BUILT LAUNCH ROOMS OR ANYTHING LIKE THIS? YES. YES. FOUR. AND, AND WITH, WITH THIS BID, WE PUT SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE CONTRACTORS TO HAVE 10 PLUS YEARS OF EXPERIENCE WORKING IN BASICALLY MARINE ENVIRONMENTS. UH, THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROJECT AND WE DIDN'T WANT, YOU KNOW, GUARANTEED OR GIVING THAT WE GO LOW BID. UM, WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE QUALIFIED CONTRACTORS. AND GRIFFITH IS HIGHLY REPUTABLE FOR THIS TYPE OF WORK. WHAT, WHAT OTHER LAUNCH ROOMS HAVE THEY BUILT? UH, I THINK WE, WE CAN CHECK THEIR FIX. UM, WE CHECK THEIR LIST OF QUALIFICATIONS AND IT WAS, IT WASN'T THAT THEY HAD TO SPECIFICALLY CONSTRUCT LAWN RAMPS 'CAUSE THERE'S NOT A WHOLE LOT OF THOSE AROUND, BUT IT'S A MARINE ENVIRONMENT, CONCRETE STRUCTURE DEALING WITH, UH, THE BIGGEST THING WAS DEALING WITH TITLE, TITLE INFLUENCES AND THAT, UH, THERE'S NOT GONNA BE, YOU KNOW, COFFER DAM SET UP FOR THIS ONE. SO THEY'LL BE WORKING IN THE WAY. UM, IT'S A, IT'S A PRECAST SYSTEM, SO THEY'LL BRING 'EM OUT AND, AND PLACE 'EM. UM, BUT IT'S A, IT IS SPECIALIZED WORK. AND SO THERE'S NO DOCK WORK OR NEW PILING WORK OR RAMP, IT'S JUST EVERYTHING ABOVE THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. OKAY. AND PA REP PAVE THE WHOLE PARKING LOT, CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT. UH, SO I JUST HAD A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. UM, I, UH, UNDERSTAND ABOUT THE RECREATIONAL BOATS THAT WOULD GO IN AND OUT. WHAT KIND OF COMMERCIAL BOATS WOULD THIS BE? SUPPORTING SERVICING? YOU SAID RECREATIONAL AND COMMERCIAL. SO WHAT'S THAT? IT, IT'S AN OPEN PUBLIC, UH, LAWN RAMP. SO ANY VESSEL THAT PAYS THE ENTRY, UH, FEE CAN UTILIZE IT. UM, WE DON'T NECESSARILY OFFER, UM, COMMERCIAL HAY ACCESS TO OUR LAUNCH RAMP, BUT IF SOMEONE DOES WANT TO DO LIKE A LANDING OR A LAUNCH, THEY CAN WORK WITH OUR RAIN OPERATIONS TEAM AND SET UP OPPORTUNITIES TO COME IN AND LAUNCH COMMERCIALLY. BUT IT'S NOT, IT'S, IT'S MORE FOR PUBLIC ACCESS, BUT COMMERCIAL LIKE TOURS OR FISHING OR RESEARCH. WHEN YOU SAY COMMERCIAL, WHAT DO YOU MEAN? YEAH, YEAH. SO ANY LIKE, COMMERCIAL ELEMENT, A LOT OF TIMES WHAT WE HAVE IS PEOPLE THAT MIGHT WANT TO COME IN AND DO A CHARTER CRUISE. UH, WE DON'T DO THIS VERY OFTEN, BUT THEY WOULD WORK WITH OUR MARINE OPERATIONS TEAM, UH, TO SET UP A LANDING. AND THAT IS BASICALLY A ONE TIME USE. SO YOU, ANYBODY THAT'S GONNA DO COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN THE MARINAS NEEDS TO HAVE OUR, OUR APPROVAL. SO IF SOMEONE'S GONNA COME IN AND USE THE LAUNCH RAMP AND THEN, UH, UTILIZE THE LONG BEACH MARIA SYSTEM TO GENERATE REVENUE, THEY NEED TO HAVE IT PRINTED. SO YOU DON'T THINK IT'LL BE VERY MANY COMMERCIAL VESSELS? NO. [01:10:01] OKAY. THAT WAS ONE OF MY QUESTIONS. UM, I'M JUST SORT OF CURIOUS, UH, IF YOU HAD TO CONFIGURE THIS PROJECT IN ANY WAY TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT SEA LEVEL RISE OR IS IT NOT RELEVANT FOR THIS PROJECT? 'CAUSE IT'S SO SMALL OR WON'T BE AROUND FOR VERY LONG, OR YOU TELL ME. I I'D HAVE TO DOUBLE CHECK AND GET BACK TO YOU. YEAH, I WAS JUST CURIOUS. UM, OH, AND THEN THE FINAL THING IS SAME TO THE OTHER GUYS. THOSE OF US THAT WORKED HARD ON THE NEW ZONING FOR THAT AREA, IT'S GONNA BE A LOT DENSER. THERE'S GONNA A LOT MORE PEOPLE THERE, BUT, UM, THERE'S VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS, VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS FOR LANDSCAPING AND, UM, LIGHTING. SO IT'S NOT JUST THAT IT'D BE LOW IMPACT, YOU, YOU NEED TO FOLLOW THE, UM, REQUIREMENTS THAT WERE LAID OUT WHEN THE ZONING WAS APPROVED. SO I SAW THAT YOU JUST SAID ENERGY EFFICIENT, BUT IT IS MORE SPECIFIC THAN THAT. SO YOU PROBABLY WILL DO IT IN ACCORDANCE TO THE NEW ZONING. YES, RELATIVELY THE ZONING. OKAY. THAT'S ALL I HAD TO SAY. THANK YOU. AYE, YES, COMMISSIONER, I HAVE A FOLLOW UP QUESTION, UH, BASED ON TODD'S COMMENTS EARLIER, UM, ABOUT LA 2028. AND IF THIS, UM, IF WE, YOU KNOW, UM, TO THE COMMENT, IF, IF, UM, THAT IT'S SUPPOSED TO BE COST NEUTRAL, UH, AND IF ANY REVENUE WAS TO COME BACK TO US, UM, COULD, I WOULD WANT US TO ADVOCATE THAT IT COME TO OUR SECTION, THE MARINE BUREAU, UH, FOR THAT, AND NOT JUST TO THE CITY'S GENERAL FUND. SO IF THERE'S ANYTHING THAT WE CAN DO ON THE COMMISSION TO SUPPORT, UM, ANYTHING WITH ADVOCACY, PLEASE LET US KNOW BECAUSE WE NEED TO CAPTURE ALL THE REVENUE FOR OUR GEOGRAPHY TO BE ABLE TO SPEND THE MONEY IN OUR GEOGRAPHY IS FOR FUTURE PLANNING. UH, AND YOUR SUPPORT ON ANYTHING LIKE THAT IS ALWAYS APPRECIATED. UM, OBVIOUSLY THE DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP IS IN THE S SO ANY REVENUE GENERATED AT DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP HAS TO STAY IN THE TITLE FUND. THAT'S, THAT'S THE LAW. UM, BUT ALSO IT, IT IS A REVENUE GENERATOR FOR THE LONG BEACH MARINE SYSTEM. AND SO ANY REVENUE THAT, WHETHER IT'S REIMBURSEMENT OR NOT, WOULD STAY UNDER THE GL THE CITY'S FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT CODE OF DAVIES'S LAUNCH RAMP. SO STAY UNDER A LONG BEACH MARINE SYSTEM. THANK YOU. PUBLIC COMMENTS? ANYBODY IN THE PUBLIC HAVE ANY COMMENTS? YES, PLEASE. UM, THE FLOATING DOCK THAT IS SO DANGEROUS TO WALK ON AND YOU'VE GOT, I JUST REALLY WISH THAT YOU COULD SOMEHOW FIX THAT WHEN YOU FIX EVERYTHING ELSE. UM, MY OTHER CONCERN IS THAT I THINK THIS WILL BE REALLY ATTRACTIVE TO HOMELESS PEOPLE. UM, AND I I I JUST POINT THAT OUT. I DON'T KNOW, DON'T HAVE ANY COMMENT ABOUT IT. IT JUST, IT SEEMS LIKE IF I WAS HOMELESS, I THINK THAT WOULD BE A PRETTY DARN GOOD PLACE TO HANG OUT. I GOT BATHROOMS, I GOT, YOU KNOW, BOATS TO WATCH. I'VE GOT, I MEAN, IT'S, ANYWAY, BUT THE, THE DOCKS, THOSE FLOATING DOCKS ARE SO DANGEROUS. AND YOU'VE GOT AMATEURS PEOPLE WHO AREN'T FAMILIAR WITH THAT. AND THERE'S GONNA BE ACCIDENTS AND, AND IT'S THE OLYMPICS PEOPLE COME ON. WE HAVE TO HAVE DOCS THAT HAVE THE PUBLIC CAN WALK ON, YOU KNOW, THAT, THAT ARE BETTER THAN YOU. THAT YOU HAVE, HAVE WALKS THAT ARE SAFE FOR DOCKS THAT ARE SAFE TO WALK. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. YOU KNOW, I LIKE THAT IDEA TOO. THIS IS MAYBE SOMETHING YOU CAN LOOK AT. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH IT WOULD COST TO, UH, UPDATE THAT. UM, BUT THAT'S SOMETHING YOU SHOULD LOOK AT TOO. IF YOU'RE GONNA REDO ALL BABIES, HOW MUCH EXTRA AND HOW MUCH TIME WOULD THAT BE TO PUT IN AN EXTRA DOT THERE? I KNOW IT'S MONEY. I KNOW YOU, YOU'RE LOOKING INTO THE OVER THERE SHAKING HIS HEAD. BUT, YOU KNOW, WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE YOU'RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. WE'RE GONNA BE IN OLYMPICS. THERE'S GONNA BE A LOT OF PEOPLE HERE THAT HAVE NEVER BEEN HERE BEFORE. UM, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT I WOULD LOOK AT TOO. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? YES, SIR. UH, JUST A QUESTION. DO WE KNOW IF, UH, SINCE IS THE DAVIES BOAT GRANT CURRENTLY SELF-SUPPORTING TODD, MR. BOOKER ALLOW, ELABORATE A LITTLE BIT? ALRIGHT, SO WE GOT A REVENUE SOURCE OVER THERE. 'CAUSE I KNOW EVERYBODY USES IT HAS TO PAY AND I HAVE, WE HAVE EXPENSES THERE AND WE'RE GONNA HAVE CREW SUPPORT AND WE GOTTA PAY BACK THE LOAN. SO IS IT GONNA BE SELF-SUPPORTING? AND THE OTHER QUESTION IS, ARE WE, ARE WE GONNA DO ANY UPGRADES CON CON TO THE, THE MARINE DOCKS THAT ARE ADJACENT TO THE BOAT, TO THE BOATYARD, THE BOAT RAMP? SO, ANSWER, THE FIRST QUESTION IS, FOR EVERYDAY OPERATION DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP IS SELF-SUSTAINABLE. [01:15:01] UH, THE REVENUE WE BRING IN SUPPORTS THE DAILY MANAGEMENT OF DAVIES LAUNCH RAMP AND OTHER PLACES THROUGHOUT, THROUGHOUT OUR . UM, JUST TO NOTE THAT THIS IS A GRANT, IT'S NOT A LOAN. UH, THESE ARE ARE THE, THE CAVEAT TO THE THE GRANT IS THAT WE KEEP THIS OPEN AND OPERATING FOR THE PUBLIC. UM, AND THEN LASTLY IS, YES, WE DO HAVE, UH, PLANS WITH OUR PARTNERS IN PUBLIC WORKS TO ADDRESS ALL THE WOOD DOCKS IN ALAMEDA BAY. THEY'RE ALL WITHIN OUR CIP PROCESS AND WE'LL CONTINUE TO ADDRESS 'EM AS BUDGET. SO WAS A LOT OF FUN. UM, FORTUNATELY IN LONG BEACH, WE DO HAVE THE BREAK WALL AND THERE ARE JUST A FEW DEGREES THAT THE, UM, SWELL CAN REACH IN. WE'VE BEEN AWAY FROM THOSE DEGREES OF SWELL. UM, THANKFULLY WE'LL SEE WHAT THIS NEXT STORM BRINGS. BUT OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE CREWS HAVE BEEN CONSISTENTLY BUILDING UP THE, THE BERM. AND THEN NOT ONLY THAT, BUT PREPARING THE SAND FOR THE BURN. SO IT'S ACTUALLY A FEW DIFFERENT STEPS WHILE I'M TALKING ABOUT THAT. SORRY, I WAS JUST COMING, UH, FROM WORK FROM BEACH OPS AND ONE OF OUR BEACH PATRONS WAS ROLLING DOWN THE, UH, BIKE PATH WITH A BLACK CART WITH TWO BIG WHEELS ON IT. UM, AND THESE GUYS LABELED IT LONG BEACH CITY. LONG BEACH PROPERTY. SO I, MY SERGEANT AND I WERE ABLE TO STOP 'EM WITH LONG BEACH PD AND GET THE CART BACK. SO IT'S BEEN RETURNED TO YOU GUYS, BUT HAVING THE LABELING MAKES IT VERY EASY FOR US TO GO JOB THAT'S NOT YOURS. SO, UM, SO, UH, ONE LESS DOCK CART WE HAVE TO REBUILD AND PURCHASE, WHICH IS FABULOUS. SO, YEAH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ONE SCORE. ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC? SAY NONE. THANK YOU, CHIEF. ALL RIGHT, WE'LL, WE'LL MOVE ON TO, UH, MARINES, EXCUSE ME, MARINE PATROL AND SPECIAL SERVICES OFFICE. SUPER SUPERVISOR. JOE. HELLO EVERYBODY. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. NAME JOE. I'M ONE SUPERVISOR AT AT WORK AT MID WATCH. UM, WE'VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT BUSIER THIS PAST MONTH THAN WE WERE BEFORE. UH, WE RECEIVED A TOTAL OF 1,931 CALLS FOR SERVICE OF THAT NUMBER. WE, 1846 CALLS WERE OFFICER INITIATED AND 85 WERE TOTAL DISPATCH CALLS IN RELATION TO ISSUES THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING. UH, AS FAR AS ENFORCEMENT IS CONCERNED, WE, UM, A LOT MORE FISHING SITES THAN WE DID BEFORE. WE WOULD TO 14 AND 11 TRESPASS SITES, AS WELL AS 53 PARKING SITES. OUR PARKING SITES WERE A LITTLE LOWER THAN 54, BUT WE USED SOME MOSTLY CONCENTRATED DOWN IN SHORELINE, RIGHT AROUND LIKE 60 SHORELINE. THAT SEEMS TO BE OUR PROBLEM EVERY RIGHT THERE. THE WEEKENDS. UM, AS FAR AS POSITIVE NOTES, WE HAVE ONE PERSON THAT'S IN TRAINING. SHE'S ABOUT READY TO GET OFF PRETTY SOON. UM, SO WE HAVE ONE MORE ADDITION OFFICER OUT IN THE FIELD TO KIND OF HELP OUT AS FAR AS TRAINING AND STUFF LIKE THAT. WE'RE, WE'RE HAVING OFFICERS GO TO THE TRAINING ACADEMY RIGHT THERE ON CARSON, AND THEY'RE GONNA BE GOING TO MY SCENARIO BAY TRAINING, SOME FIREARM TRAINING, AS WELL AS SOME REPORT WRITING MIXED INTO IT. BUT, UH, OTHER THAN THAT, THAT'S HOW THINGS BEEN GOING. ANY QUESTIONS OR CONCERNS ANYBODY CAN HAVE? SERGEANT, ARE THEY A PART OF THE LONG BEACH AND NEW, UH, LUM BEACH PD ACADEMY? UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE REUS GOING YES, YES, THEY ARE. GREAT. GREAT. BUT, BUT THAT TRAINING, WHAT I WOULD REFERENCE TO DO IS OUR PEOPLE THAT ARE GOING THROUGH, SO RIGHT. TRYING TO, WHAT WOULD BE THE TRESPASSING CITATIONS? WHAT KIND OF INCIDENTS? UH, WELL, BASICALLY PEOPLE THAT COME AND FISH, YOU KNOW, YOU'VE SEEN THE, THE MARK POSTED SIGNS ON THE GANG LANES. THAT'S THE SECTION WE USE. SO ONCE THEY BREAK THAT THRESHOLD, THEY GO DOWN THERE. THEY'RE FAIR GAME 24 7. SO THEY'D BE DECIDED FOR FISHING AND TRESPASSING? YES, SIR. GOT IT. WELL, IF WE CATCH A FISH IN THE ACT WITH A POLE LINE IN THE WATER, ACTIVELY FISHING, BUT TRESPASS YEAH, THEY GO DOWN THERE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO, THEN WE CAN SIGN UP FOR IT. SO THANK YOU. YEAH. OTHER THAN THAT, WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON IT. UM, I'VE BEEN WALKING GANG WEIGHT LATELY, WHICH WE USUALLY, WHICH WE ALL DO. UM, BEEN GETTING A LOT OF POSITIVE, UH, FEEDBACK AS FAR AS FROM THE VOTERS SAYING THEY HAVEN'T BEEN SEEN AS MUCH, MUCH FISHERMEN DOWN THERE, UH, ESPECIALLY THE JULIES THAT HAVE BEEN KIND OF GOING DOWN THERE AND BEEN A PROBLEM IN THE PAST, WHICH IS PRETTY ENCOURAGING TO HEAR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN? SO WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP A LID ON IT, TRYING TO HELP OUT THE BEST WE CAN TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE BETTERMENT OF THE VOTER COMMUNITY. SO THANK YOU. GREAT JOB. ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU. DO YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOUR GUESTS? OH, YES. COME ON UP HERE. THIS IS ONE OF OUR TRAININGS NAMED OFFICER BOBO. SHE TRANSFERRED FROM THE INNER CITY FROM JAIL BACK IN BRYAN? YES. SO SHE'S BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT ALMOST SIX MONTHS NOW, AND SHE'S ON THE TAIL END OF HER TRAINING, AND SHE'S THE ONE I WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND SHE'S SOON TO BE HIT THE FIELD. CONGRATULATIONS. CONGRATULATIONS. THANK YOU. I KNOW I LOOKED LIKE A WEIRD GUY WAVING AT YOU. I I BET YOU IN A CAR ONCE YOU WENT BY AND I WAVED AT YOU, SO I WAS LIKE WAVING AT YOU . YEAH. SHE DOESN'T RECOGNIZE ME. , THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO. THANK YOU. SO I APPRECIATE IT. YOU, YOU HAVE A QUESTION. DOES THE, UM, THE PARKING CITATIONS, UM, [01:20:01] ARE THOSE HANDLED BY PUBLIC WORKS OR WHO, WHO GIVES THOSE CITATIONS? UH, THAT GOES TO, UH, THE FIRST FOUR AT 400 WEST, AND THEN ONCE THAT PROCESS, ALL THAT STUFF. SO WE ISSUE 'EM, BUT THEY'RE THE ONES THAT HANDLE AS FAR AS LIKE THE, THE NOTIFICATIONS AND THE PAYMENT PLANS SUCH THAT LIKE AN A BM WHEN PEOPLE ARE PARKED EITHER OVERNIGHT OR IN BOAT OWNER PARKING OR SLIP HOLDER PARKING INSTEAD OF WHERE THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO BE. OR DURING THE FARMER'S MARKET WHERE IT'S REALLY CRAZY. UHHUH ARE THE DO YOU GUYS OH, THOSE. OH YEAH. WE GO DOWN THERE AND WE PUT A CALL FOR SERVICE, WE GO IN THERE AND WE TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE. AND LIKE I SAID, WE'VE BEEN VERY PROACTIVE IN THAT. SO WE GO OUT THERE AND WE SEE A PERSON THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE PARKED HERE, LIKE IN A MOTOR OR STOP MILL, NOT A PERMIT. WE DO ISSUE CITATIONS. IS 53 ABOUT NORMAL FOR THAT, OR IS IT, UH, LIKE I SAID, IT'S, IT'S KIND OF YEAH, RIGHT AROUND THERE. BUT DURING THE PEAK TIME, YOU KNOW, SPRINGTIME, SUMMERTIME WHEN IT'S WARM, WE, WE AVERAGE A LOT MORE. SO, BUT LIKE I SAID, I MISS DEMEANOR. SIGNS HAVE BEEN UP THIS PAST, SO THANKS. THANK YOU. WE APPRECIATE THAT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU SO MUCH BOTH. YES, SIR. WHAT YOU DO? ALRIGHT, WE'LL TAKE IT INTO THE MARINE BUREAU. WE'LL START WITH OPERATIONS AND BRIAN PIPE. GOOD AFTERNOON COMMISSIONERS. UM, PLEASE SOME QUICK UPDATES. UH, MARINA OCCUPANCY. WE ARE SITTING AT 94.25% OCCUPANCY. UM, WE DID LOOK INTO OUR NUMBERS. UM, AFTER THE LAST MEETING, UH, TODD AND I HAD SOME TALKS ABOUT WHERE OCCUPANCY IS GOING. UH, IT TURNS OUT WE WERE NOT GIVING OURSELF ENOUGH CREDIT, SO WE, WE HAVE A LOT OF IMPOUNDED BOATS. UH, THEY ARE OCCUPYING SLIPS WHILE THEY'RE NOT GENERATING REVENUE, WE STILL CAN'T RENT. THAT'S ABOUT, SO WE CREATED A WAY TO, TO TRACK THOSE WITHIN OUR SYSTEM. UH, AND THAT IS NOW REFLECTIVE OF OUR NUMBER. UM, JUST SO WE HAVE LIKE A, AN ACTUAL ACCOUNTING, LIKE WE'RE, WE DON'T HAVE AS MANY SUBSTANCES AS WE HAD ORIGINALLY THOUGHT, UM, FOR OPERATION STUFF. UH, WE HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SUBMIT A, A REQUEST FOR SUPPLEMENTAL, UH, FUNDING FROM THE DBO GRANT FOR THE SAGES PROGRAM. UH, THAT'S THE GRANT THAT GIVES US MONEY TO DESTROY, UH, DERELICT AND, UH, ABANDONED VESSELS. UM, SO WE WILL BE SUBMITTING THAT LETTER TOMORROW. UH, IT'S FOR ADDITIONAL 10 TO $25,000. UM, THAT IS FROM ANOTHER AGENCY THAT WAS UNABLE TO SPEND THAT, THAT FUNDING. SO, UH, WE WILL BE SUBMITTING FOR THAT. UM, HAD OUR BOAT AUCTION ON JANUARY 24TH. WE HAD A GREAT TURNOUT. WE HAD GREAT WEATHER, UH, VEHICLE. OUR AUCTIONEER, UH, WAS LIVELY AS ALWAYS. UM, OF THE 46 ITEMS WE HAD UP FOR SALE, UM, WE SOLD EVERYTHING EXCEPT FOUR. SO WE HAD TWO BOATS, A SAILBOAT. THE POWER BOAT SAILBOAT, UH, DID NOT SELL. WE WERE ABLE TO GET THAT TO OUR RECYCLER, SO WE WILL NOT INCUR ANY COST OF DESTRUCTION. UM, THEY RECYCLED LEAD AND THEN WE HAD A COUPLE TENDERS THAT WERE QUESTIONABLE. UM, WE PUT 'EM IN THE AUCTION TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED, UH, AND WE DESTROYED THOSE. UM, SO TALKING ABOUT DOT CARTS, UM, WE OFFICIALLY HAVE A COUPLE OF DOT CART STATIONS INSTALLED IN ALAMEDA BAY. SO THE TWO THAT WERE, UH, MOCKED UP, UH, WE HAVE THEM INSTALLED ON DOCK ONE, UM, KIND OF DOWN BY OUR OFFICE, AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER DOWN ON DOCK ONE BY, UH, THE BOATHOUSE. UM, WE HAVE SOME THINGS TO FIX ON IT, UM, BUT IT'S, UH, IT'S A GOOD PROTOTYPE. UH, COMMISSIONER BLAIR SAW SOMETHING REMINISCENT OF THIS DESIGN, UH, IN SANTA BARBARA THAT SEEMED TO WORK WELL. UM, SO WE'RE TRYING TO, TO FLUSH OUT WHAT THINGS WE NEED TO FIX TO MAKE IT, UH, TRULY ACCESSIBLE AND USABLE FOR THE VOTERS. UM, DOCK MAINTENANCE, UH, ANY EXTRA TIME I HAVE WITH, WITH OUR TEAM RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SPENDING OUT ON THE DOCKS WITH THEY'RE POWER WASHING, BOTH A BM AND SHORELINE DOCK BOXES AND DOCK SURFACES. UH, TRYING TO GET RID OF ANY BUILT UP ALGAE DEBRIS, UH, DIRT ON, ON THOSE SURFACES. UM, ALSO WORKING WITH MAINTENANCE TEAM TO EVALUATE DIFFERENT CONCRETE SEALERS. UM, WORKING WITH THE MANUFACTURER BELLINGHAM MARINE TO SEE WHAT, WHAT KIND OF PRODUCTS WE COULD USE THAT ARE ENVIRONMENTAL, UH, ENVIRONMENT, ENVIRONMENTALLY FRIENDLY, UH, AND ALSO NOT CAUSING ANOTHER SLIP, FALL HAZARD, YOU KNOW, BY MAKING A SLICK, SLICK SURFACE IN THE RAIN. UM, AND THEN LASTLY, YOU JUST GOT SOME, SOME BIG EVENTS COMING UP. UM, IT'S THAT TIME OF YEAR AGAIN. SO WE'RE GONNA BE SENDING OUT SOME LETTERS, UH, EMAILS TO THE BOAT, KINDA GIVING NOTIFICATION. UM, BUT FORMULA DRIFT WILL BE STARTING, UH, WHAT HAPPEN APRIL 10TH AND 11TH. UH, AND THEN GRAND PRIX THAT FOLLOWING WEEKEND, THE 17TH AND THE 19TH. AND THAT CONCLUDES MY REPORT. ANY QUESTIONS? WELL, UH, MARINE STADIUM OR NOTRE STADIUM, BUT, UH, DAVEY'S PARKING LOT LIGHTING, UH, LIGHTING. SO, UH, WE'VE WORKING WITH COREY ON THAT. UM, THEY, THEY'RE GOT SOME LED LIGHT, UH, FIXTURES ON ORDER. UH, WE WILL BE ADDRESSING THAT. UH, GET THOSE FUNCTIONAL. SWEET THANK, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ANY QUESTIONS FOR THE PUBLIC? JUST A, A BIG THANK YOU FOR GETTING THE SWIMMING POOL OF THE A BM PARKING LOT FIXED AND PAVED. UM, SOME THE DEEP POLES WE [01:25:01] RECORD. THAT'S IT. THANK YOU. YOU THANK YOU. WELCOME. PLEASE, PLEASE DON'T TAKE ALL CORY'S SUB AWESOME THINGS BEFORE HE CAN COME. I WANT COREY TO GET THE CREDIT FOR THIS. WHAT ABOUT, UH, RAMP RAMP GATES FOR AL BASE BANK GATES ON THE RAMPS? IS THAT THE TALK? YEAH, WE'RE STILL, WE'RE STILL WORKING. UH, ACTUALLY ALL THREE OF OUR SUPERINTENDENTS ARE WORKING TOGETHER TO GET THE MOST BANG OUT OF THE, THE DOLLARS THAT WE HAVE AVAILABLE. UH, WE'RE CURRENTLY LOOKING AT THE MOCKUPS OF UTILIZING THE EXISTING PONY GATES, BUT BUILDING ON TOP OF THOSE. AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE IN THE PRELIMINARY STAGES OF MAKING SURE THAT WE CAN, WE CAN UTILIZE WHAT'S IN PLACE TO GET US THE OPPORTUNITY TO MAKE AS MUCH, UH, POSITIVE IMPACT AS POSSIBLE. GREAT. THANK YOU. SURE ENOUGH. SO IF YOU'RE PUTTING IN NEW LIGHTING, SO MAKE SURE IT'S COMPLIANT WITH THE NEW ZONING, RIGHT? WHAT'S THE PURPOSE OF HAVING THESE LAWS IF NOBODY CALLS THEM? SO I JUST WANNA REMIND YOU. THANK YOU. ALRIGHT, MEGAN, SIR, WE WILL MOVE TO BEACH MINUTES COUNTY OFFICER. ALRIGHT. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COMMISSIONERS. UM, WE HAVE SOME, UH, PHOTOS HERE IN OUR MAC REPORT THAT, UH, I CAN SHARE WITH YOU FOR OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM. I'LL SKIP THROUGH, UH, CORY'S. AND HERE WE ARE, BEACH MAINTENANCE. UM, SO JANUARY, VERY BUSY MONTH, UH, ALONG THE COAST. UM, UH, WITH, UH, AFTER DECEMBER STORMS, UM, OUR CREW'S BEEN REALLY HARD AT WORK, UH, BUILDING BERMS, UH, ALONG THE, THE PENINSULA OCEAN SIDE, UH, CLEANING, UH, STORM DEBRIS ON THE, UH, OCEAN SIDE OF THAT BER ALSO, UM, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THE TOP PHOTO, UM, OUR BEACH SUPERVISOR GOES OUT EVERY MORNING AND, UM, REALLY DICTATES THE, THE WEEK'S WORK. UM, SO STORM, UH, DEBRIS WAS A, A BIG CHALLENGE, UH, DURING THIS WINTER SEASON THAT WE'RE STILL IN. UH, AND IN JANUARY, OUR TONNAGE, UH, FOR TRASHING DEBRIS REMOVED FROM, UH, THE COAST WAS 466 TONS. WOW. FOR WHAT TIME PERIOD? THE MONTH OF JANUARY. WOW, THANK YOU. UH, OTHER WORK COMPLETED, UH, IS OUR BEACH MAINTENANCE TEAM, UH, SIFTED, UH, TILLED ALL OF THE SAND ON MOTHER'S BEACH, UH, AND AS WELL AS THE VOLLEYBALL COURT. SO, UH, THAT COURT THERE GETS, UH, REGULARLY USED AND, AND A COUPLE OF THE PATRONS VISITED OUR OPERATION AND ASKED FOR SOME SERVICES OVER THERE. UM, IT'S A SERVICE WE NORMALLY PROVIDE TO ALL OF THE VOLLEYBALL COURTS ALONG, UH, THE BEACH FRONT. THIS ONE'S A LITTLE BIT TRICKIER BECAUSE OF ITS LOCATION, BUT, UH, WE IMPORTED, UH, ADDITIONAL SAND THERE, UH, AND CLEANED IT WITH OUR NEW EQUIPMENT. THAT'S GREAT. UH, AS WELL AS, UH, DOG BEACH. SO UP AND DOWN OUR FOOTPRINT, THE, THE MORE WE'VE USED, UH, THIS NEW EQUIPMENT THAT WE PROCURED LAST YEAR, WE'RE REALLY STARTING TO SEE THAT BENEFIT, UH, ALONG THE, THE OCEAN FRONT. UH, MOVING ON HERE TO OUR GROUNDS DIVISION, UH, THIS, UH, BEACH HERE. THIS IS ACTUALLY OUR, UH, OUR SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK BEACH. SO, UM, GOT SOME WORK, UH, AFTER THE STORMS, UH, HAD PASSED TO, TO MAKE SURE, UH, THAT BEACH FRONT THERE, UH, THAT LANDSCAPING AREA, UH, WAS LOOKING GOOD. UM, WE DON'T TYPICALLY CLEAN ALL OF THE BEACH, UH, PARKING LOTS, BUT OUR, OUR TEAM NOTICED IT, YOU KNOW, UH, IT REALLY NEEDED SOME WORK AFTER THE STORM. SO WE ASSISTED WITH, UH, SOME OF OUR EQUIPMENT AND HELPED OUT THE PUBLIC WORKS DIVISION ON, UH, REMOVING SOME OF THE SAND IN THE BEACH, PARKING LOTS. UM, WE ALSO ASSISTED WITH THE GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY AT THE QUEEN MARY, UH, AMPHITHEATER. UM, SO, UH, BRINGING IN SOME DIRT FOR THEM, UH, TO USE FOR THEIR, THEIR CEREMONY THERE. UM, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, IRRIGATION REPAIRS THAT'S RIGHT THERE AT SHORELINE AQUATIC PARK. ALSO, WHERE THERE, UH, WE FOUND AN A ABANDONED, UH, DRAINAGE. IT WAS ACTUALLY DRAINAGE FROM THE TOP THAT, UH, WE FOUND, LOCATED AND REPAIRED, UH, OTHER WORK GOING ON. OUR, OUR GARDENER HERE, ROBERTO, UH, ES IS, UH, HAS TRANSFERRED DOWN TO OUR, UH, QUEENSWAY BAY LOCATION. SO, UH, ONE OF HIS FIRST STEPS WAS GOING THROUGH OUR, OUR CONTAINER THERE AND SORTING AND ORGANIZING EVERYTHING. UM, OUR GROUNDS DIVISION ALSO, UH, WORKS ALONG THE BEACH FRONT. SO, UH, OVER THE, THE RAIN SEASON, WE GOT A LOT OF WEEDS GROWING IN SOME OF OUR AREAS. SO THAT'S A, A, A PROJECT FOR US TO GO OUT AND, UH, REMOVE ALL THOSE, UH, ALL OF THE DOG BAG, UH, DISPENSERS WERE REPLACED AT, UH, ROSIE'S DOG BEACH, UH, AS WELL AS SOME, UH, LANDSCAPE ENHANCEMENTS IN OUR RAINBOW HARBOR. ESPLANADE, [01:30:01] UH, OUR QUEENSWAY BAY DIVISION HAS BEEN, UH, HARD AT WORK. ALSO. NOT ONLY ARE THEY, UH, WORKING OUT OF THE WATER DURING THE STORMS, UH, BUT FOLLOWING THE STORMS, UH, WE HAD A LOT OF, UH, REPAIRS, UH, IN RAINBOW HARBOR. UH, THIS ONE WAS A INTERESTING ONE HERE. THE PLAQUE, UM, WE BROUGHT IT UP IN THE PAST, UH, WAS STOLEN FROM THE, THE LIONS LIGHTHOUSE. UM, AND THERE WAS A, UH, 25TH YEAR, 25TH, UH, COMMEMORATIVE, UH, UH, EVENT, UH, HOSTED THERE, THE LIONS CLUB. SO WE WERE ABLE TO PROCURE, UH, A REPLACEMENT PLAQUE AND, AND HAVE IT, UH, IN POSITION, UH, THE MORNING OF THAT. THAT'S GOOD. THAT CEREMONY. YEAH. UH, RAINBOW LAGOON HAS GOT SOME NEW PUMPS INSTALLED. UH, BROW FLAPS ARE CONTINUING TO GO IN. SO, UH, DOCK ONE'S REPLACED DOCK FOUR, AND THESE ARE PHOTOS OF DOCK TWO AND DOCK THREE, GETTING THE NEW BROW COLLAPSE INSTALLED. UH, AS WELL AS ANOTHER PROJECT THAT WE'VE KICKED OFF AS A REPLACEMENT OF ALL OF THE SPEAKERS IN THE RAINBOW HARBOR AREA. UM, CONTINUING WITH OUR QUEENSWAY BAY DIVISION, AGAIN, THEY'RE JUST BEEN REALLY BUSY. UH, TRIP HAZARDS ON THE BIKE PATH. UM, ELECTRICAL REPAIRS FOR OUR DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN, MAKING SURE THAT DOLPHIN FOUNTAIN IS GOOD TO GO FOR THE UPCOMING GRAND PRIX. UH, SEWER REPAIRS. THIS WAS, UH, ONE OF OUR SEWER PUMPS ON DOCK THREE. GOT A NEW HOSE INSTALLED. UM, AND AGAIN, THE SPEAKERS THERE. AND THAT'S IT FOR ME. DO YOU GUYS HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? GOOD JOB. A LOT OF WORK. YEAH. MOVE OVER TO CORY FOREST, START TO FINISH UP FOR, UH, REBATES. IS THAT TRASH NUMBER DECREASED AT ALL, OR IS IT THE SAME? IS THAT I, I KNOW IT VARIES IF YOU, IF IT'S A WET MONTH, RIGHT? YEAH. BUT IS THAT A, A TYPICAL WET MONTH SORT OF TONNAGE? UH, IT'S A, IT'S A BIG MONTH TONNAGE, SO THAT IS POST, UH, SERIES OF STORMS, A LOT OF RAIN. YEAH. SO WE'LL SEE THAT, UM, ROUTINELY IN, UM, YOU KNOW, POST WINTER STORMS. LAST YEAR WE HAD A LOT OF LATE STORMS IN FEBRUARY, MARCH. WE HAD HIGHER NUMBERS IN, UH, MARCH AND APRIL OF LAST YEAR. UH, BUT GENERALLY THAT'S A VERY HIGH NUMBER, UH, IN A ONE MONTH PERIOD. BUT TYPICAL, UM, FROM YEARS PAST, UH, SAY THAT AGAIN. TYPICAL FROM YEARS PAST. YES. THANK YOU. AT ROSIE'S DOG BEACH. AND, AND I KNOW WE HAVE A LOT OF FOOD. IS THAT BIO WE HAVE THE, THAT SEPARATE THAT JUST GOES IN THE TRASH CAN AND GOES OUT? OR IS THAT CONSIDERED A BIOHAZARD? IT'S NOT A BIOHAZARD. IT'S NOT A BIOHAZARD. OKAY. IT'S NONHAZARDOUS. THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME'S COREY FORSTER. I'M THE SUPERINTENDENT OF MARINE MAINTENANCE. UM, HERE'S A FEW SLIDES THAT DEPICT SOME OF THE WORK THAT'S BEEN DONE OVER THE LAST MONTH. UM, IN THIS FIRST SLIDE, WE'VE GOT, UH, NEW SOAP DISPENSERS. THERE ARE LARGER CAPACITY, UH, ALLOWING US TO FILL A LITTLE BIT MORE INTO 'EM. UM, THE SECOND SLIDE HERE, UH, DEPICTS OUR, UM, THE BEFOR FOUNTAIN OVER IN NAPLES. AND IT'S A SOUTH PIT. AND WE HAD A, UH, SUMP PUMP THAT DID NOT ACTIVATE. AND SO WE FILLED UP THE WATER, OUR ELECTRICAL GOT SHOT, FILTRATION GOT SHOT. SO WE'RE IN THE PROCESS. UM, IN THIS PICTURE HERE, YOU CAN SEE, UH, WE'VE REWIRED IT. WE PULLED FROM THE TRANSFORMER OVER RERAN NEW WIRE. EVERYTHING'S WIRED UP. NOW WE'RE IN THE PROCESS OF, UH, EXPEDITING GETTING THE FILTRATION SYSTEM, UH, WITH THE VENDOR AND THEN HAVE THAT INSTALLED NEXT MONTH. UM, YOU CAN SEE WE'RE STILL WORKING ON TREES IN THE BAY OVER AT RAINBOW LAGOON IN THE THIRD SLIDE. UM, HAPPY TO REPORT THAT AS OF TODAY, ALL TREES ARE OUT AND STORED AWAY OVER AT THE STORAGE, UM, AREA. AND WE'RE ABOUT TWO WEEKS QUICKER THAN WE DID LAST YEAR. UM, AND THE, IS THAT BECAUSE OF SOLAR AND LESS WIRE? IF AT WHAT? I THINK STAFFING, WE HAD MORE STAFF THIS YEAR THAN WE HAD LAST YEAR THAT MADE THE IMPACT. UM, THE SOLAR ACTUALLY, I DON'T KNOW THAT IT'S ANY FASTER FOR US. UM, 'CAUSE WE'VE GOTTA BREAK DOWN ALL THE COMPONENTS IN THE BOX AND EVERYTHING ELSE. SO THERE'S A LITTLE BIT MORE THAT GOES INTO IT. BUT, UM, WE HAVE MORE STAFF THIS YEAR AND THEY WERE TRAINED ON IT THIS YEAR, UH, WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF THE LAUNCHING OF 'EM. AND I THINK WE JUST SPED UP ON THE RETURN. UM, WE PARTNERED WITH PUBLIC WORKS FOR OUR ENTIRE BEACH PEDESTRIAN PATH. UM, PUBLIC WORKS CAME OUT IN, UH, LAID ABOUT FOUR TONS OF, UH, SHEET ASPHALT, [01:35:01] UM, WHICH HAS A LITTLE MORE SAND IN IT AND MAKES IT FOR A SMOOTHER SURFACE. UM, AND THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THAT DONE IN, UH, IN A COUPLE DAYS. SO HAPPY TO REPORT THAT IS DONE. UM, DOCK 10 HERE. ON THE FIRST SLIDE, WE REPLACED ALL THE RUB BRAIL ON DOCK 10. UM, THE SECOND SLIDE, WE HAVE A PARTITION WALL THAT SEPARATES, UM, THE, UH, BEACH FROM THE HANDBALL COURTS. AND IT WAS HEAVILY TACKED. SO WE WENT IN AND REPAINTED THE WHOLE THING. UH, BOTH SIDES OF IT. UM, MARINE STADIUM, OR, I'M SORRY, DAVEY'S LAUNCH RAMP IS THE THIRD SLIDE. UM, WE, UH, CLEARED OUT ALL THE DEBRIS AND THE DEBRIS CATCH BASIN IN THERE. AND, UM, WE'RE GETTING THAT READY FOR THE RAINS TO COME UP. UM, B ONE AND ALAMITOS EACH HERE. IT'S A HOT SPOT FOR VANDALISM. UH, AROUND THE RESTROOMS YOU CAN SEE THAT THEY GO BACK THE SHEATHING ON THE TOP TO TRY AND GAIN ACCESS INTO ONE OF THE RESTROOMS. UH, AND THEN WHEN WE'RE MAKING THE REPAIR ON THE BOTTOM. AND THEN THIS IS, UH, THE FIRST TWO SLIDES, UH, ARE THE SOLAR PANELS, UM, WASHING ALL THE SOLAR PANELS OFF THE BIRD FECES, UH, THE SALT ENVIRONMENT AND GETTING 'EM NICE AND CLEAN SO THAT WE CAN STORM 'EM AWAY FOR THE YEAR. AND THEN THE LAST SLIDE, TWO SLIDES, UM, OVER AT B ONE BAY SHORE, ONE RESTROOM, BAY SHORE AND OCEAN. WE, UH, FOUND THAT THE PAINT THAT WE HAD USED AFTER WE INSTALLED THE NEW DOORS DID NOT HOLD UP. SO WE STRIP ALL THE PAINT OFF AND WENT WITH A PAINT THAT ACTUALLY APPEARS THAT THE METAL AND STICKS IN THE MARINE ENVIRONMENT. AND SO THAT'S COMPLETE AS WELL. AND I THINK THAT'S IT. YEAH. YOU KNOW, THE, THE, THE, THE FUN THING OR WHAT YOU'VE ACCOMPLISHED, TODD, WHAT YOU DID AND WHAT YOU STARTED. PICTURES. PICTURES, SAY A THOUSAND WORDS. UM, AND SHARING THAT WITH US AND PUTTING IT OUT ON THE SITE AND TELLING YOU WHAT IT, IT IS IMPROVED AGAIN, THE KNOWLEDGE THAT WE HAVE OF WHAT YOU ALL DO. AND WE APPRECIATE EVERYTHING YOU DO. ANY QUESTIONS FROM OUR COMMISSIONERS? LARGER CLEATS FOR THE DOCK CLUB, , UH, STILL IN PROCESS, WORKING, WORKING WITH THE YACHT CLUB AND, AND MOVING FORWARD WITH THEM TO MAKE THAT HAPPEN? WHAT, WHAT DOES THE YACHT CLUB NEED TO DO TO HELP FACILITATE THAT? THEY'RE ALREADY IN ORDER. I MET WITH, I MET WITH THE YACHT CLUB AND THE, THE CONTRACTOR. IT'S, THEY'RE ON ORDER. COOL. THANKS. YEAH. WHAT IS A ? OH, THOSE THINGS YOU TIE TO. SO SPIKES ON BOTTOM OF YOUR NO, I'M KIDDING. I KNEW WASN'T PLAYING BASEBALL. THOSE ARE BOOTS. THOSE ARE BOOTS. THOSE ARE BOOTS. ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE PUBLIC? YOU CAN. SO NOW DO I SAY THANK YOU? SURE. IF YOU'D LIKE TO, TO THE, THE PARKING LOT? YES MA'AM. YOU THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU SO MUCH. SO NEXT INFORMAL, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PARKING LOTS. UM, WE'RE GOING THROUGH CLIMATE WORKS NOW AND WE'RE TRYING TO ADDRESS ALL THE PROBLEMS WITHIN THE BASIN. PARKING LOTS. THAT'S GREAT. SO HOPEFULLY THIS MONTH WE'LL GET THAT ADDRESSED AND THEN, UH, I'LL REPORT ON IT NEXT MONTH. IS THAT THE NEW LINES AND STUFF THAT WE'LL HAVE OVER ON? UH, UM, WHAT'S THE ONE THAT ALWAYS CALLS ME? THERE'S A GENTLEMAN THAT ALWAYS CALLS. WHAT'S YOUR, WHAT'S YOUR DO NUMBERS YOURS? ONE NUMBER ONE BASIN. ONE. YEAH. BASIN ONE. GETTING THE NEW, UH, TWO SLIDES. WHITE LINES AND, UH, RED CURBS. THAT'S, WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA BE STARTING THAT AS WELL. GREAT. OKAY. WE WAIT FOR AFTER THE RIGHTS FOR, RIGHT. GREAT. RIGHT, RIGHT. WORK. THAT'S WHAT IT IS. THANK YOU. OKAY. THAT THE MAN REPORT. GREAT. UH, WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR A SECOND. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR TO APPROVE. AYE. AYE. AYE. SO APPROVED RECOMMENDATIONS, RECEIVE AND FILE THE EXECUTIVE MARINE BEACH MAINTENANCE, UH, OPERATIONS COMMITTEE STATUS FOR ANY, TAKE MY GLASSES OFF SO I CAN READ ON THE EXECUTIVE REPORT. UH, YOU'VE ALREADY HEARD IT 'CAUSE THAT'S WHAT MADE UP, UH, TODAY'S AGENDA. UM, SO WE'RE VERY, VERY PLEASED AND, AND GIVE KUDOS OUT TO OUR CHAIRWOMAN WHO'S NOT WITH US TODAY, BUT WE HAVE SOME IDEAS BROUGHT UP. AND, UH, WE ARE GOING TO BRING THAT UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING. SIMPLE AS THAT. UH, AND A LOT OF THAT IS DEALING WITH PARKING, UH, THAT WE WANTED TO MOVE FORWARD TODAY. BUT WE, AGAIN, WORKING WITH THE CITY AND THE PLANNERS WILL BE BRINGING UP THAT UP AT OUR NEXT MEETING, UH, ON THE, UH, MAINTENANCE, UH, REPORTS. YOU JUST HEARD IT SO YOU DON'T NEED ME TO GO INTO IT FOR ANOTHER 15 MINUTES 'CAUSE YOU KNOW, I LIKE TO TALK. SO, UH, UM, WITH THAT I WILL JUST, UH, MOVE THAT WE APPROVE, UH, THE RECOMMENDATIONS, UH, TO MOVE AND APPROVE, UH, RECEIVE AND FILE THE EXECUTIVE AND MARINE BEACH MAINTENANCE, MARINE OPERATIONS COMMITTEE STATUS REPORT. SECOND. OKAY. [01:40:01] ALTHOUGH, ANY, ANY QUESTIONS FROM THE COMMISSION, WE NEED A, A MOTION FIRST AND THEN SECOND. OKAY. I THOUGHT YOU, YOU MAY HAVE A MOTION. THAT'S WHY I NEED A SECOND. SO IF, IF ANYBODY WOULD LIKE TO MOVE, I SO MOVE. SO MOVED. AND THEN WE HAVE A SECOND FROM COMMISSIONER BLACK. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE. A. ANYONE OPPOSED? RIGHT NOW WE GIVE THE OPPORTUNITY, THE GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PUBLIC COMMENT WAITING STAND AND, UH, UH, SPEAK YOUR PIECE. . SO, MY NAME'S JOAN PALANGO. I'M THE EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT OF THE LONG BEACH MARINA BOAT OWNERS ASSOCIATION. AND, UH, WE PROACTIVELY ADDRESS THE CONCERNS SINCE 1960, UH, THE BOAT OWNERS AND ALL THROUGH MARINAS. SO THE MARINA IS GOING THROUGH A HUGE PARADIGM SHIFT IN THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS. BUT WHILE THE USE OF FUNDS HAS, UH, CHANGED, THE SOURCE OF THOSE FUNDS HAVE NOT CHANGED. 90% OF ALL EXPENSES ARE COVERED BY THE REVENUES GENERATED BY THE SLIP HOLDERS. UM, BUT WITH MARINE REPORT, MARINE PATROL REPORTING MOVED TO THE MARINE BUREAU FROM THE MARINE BUREAU TO THE LONG BEACH POLICE DEPARTMENT, THE 2025 BOND APPROVAL, ALLOWING S AND THE 1300 NEW APARTMENT UNITS AROUND THE MARINA. UM, WE'VE MAN, WE'VE WORKED, WE'VE BEEN PART OF THE SOLUTION. WE FEEL, AND IN FACT, WITH THOSE NEW APARTMENTS WE'RE PROPOSED, WE WORK CONSTRUCTIVELY WITH EACH OF THE NEW DEVELOPMENTS AND DEVELOP PRACTICAL MITIGATION MEASURES THAT ACTUALLY WITH THE HEALTH OF DISTRICT THREE, WE'RE ULTIMATELY ADOPTED AND APPROVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL. AND, UM, WE'VE ALSO BEEN RECOGNIZED AND FOR SUPPORTING THE 2025 BOND. AND SO I THINK MR. AGAIN AND AGAIN, A WILLINGNESS TO WORK, COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATE WITH TEAM, WHATEVER FOR A GOOD, UM, FOR THE GOOD OF LONG BEACH. THE WAY, THE WAY THAT THE CITY HAS APPROACHED LEVERAGING THE A BM PARKING LOT REVENUES TO FINANCE THE BELMONT POOL RAISES SOME CONCERNS. NOT ONLY WAS BOAC COT UNAWARE BUT LIT LAME AMP PRESIDENT, THE LARGEST GROUND LEASE OF THE ALAMEDO BAY PARKING LOT, ALSO FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS IN AN ARTICLE FROM THE LONG BEACH POST. UM, SO SERIOUSLY WITH AND THE ONSITE POOLS, UM, WITHIN THE FOOTPRINT OF THESE NEW 1300 LUXURY APARTMENT UNITS, ARE THEY REALLY GONNA BE USED FREQUENTLY BY THE TENANTS OF THESE NEW UNITS SINCE THEY HAVE ON SITE POOL? SO WE UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR PARKING METERS. SLIP HOLDERS ARE THE FIRST TO FEEL THE PAIN. UM, WHEN THE PARKING LOT'S FULL, WE KNOW EVERYONE KNOWS IT'S GOTTA BE SOME REVENUE THAT CAN BE MADE. UM, WE'RE ACTUALLY A LITTLE CURIOUS WHY THE CITY HAS A FOOT PARKING METERS ON MARINA DRIVE. 'CAUSE I THINK THAT'S WELL WITHIN THEIR JURISDICTION. AND THE CITY MUST BE FAMILIAR WITH THE REVENUE AND PLANS FOR THE PARKING LOT, BUT SAY THEY WILL NOT BE PREPARED TO SHARE THEM WITH MS. BOBBY AND SPRING, WE'VE HEARD, UM, A RUMOR THAT POSSIBLY SLIP HOLDER PARKING WOULD BE MAINTAINED AND THAT SLIP HOLDERS WILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO RECEIVE COMPLIMENTARY PARKING PASSES FOR VISITORS WHO WILL BE REQUIRED TO PARK WITHIN THE, UH, DESIGNATED PARK SLIP HOLDER AREAS. WHICH IS FINE WITH US. 30 SECONDS. 30 SECONDS. THAT'S OKAY. WE'D LIKE, IF THAT'S THE CASE, WE'D LIKE TO RESPECTFULLY ASK TO CONFIRM THAT IN WRITING. I THINK, YOU KNOW, ALL THE OTHER STUFF I HAVE TO SAY. I WOULD JUST REALLY LIKE TO, TO GET THIS RESOLVED. I WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE US FOCUS ON THE OLYMPICS. WE'RE ALL IN ON THE OLYMPICS. WE'VE GOT SOME, UM, THAT GOOD. WE'RE GONNA HELP GET THE, UH, COMMUNITY, THE BOATING COMMUNITY AND THEIR INNER GAZE ENGAGED WITH THE OLYMPICS. AND WE'D REALLY LIKE TO GET THE PARKING RESULTS OUR LIFE. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR COMMENTS. APPRECIATE IT. YES SIR. CAN I, CAN I GO NEXT? SURE YOU CAN. OH, THAT'S GREAT, PLEASE. ALRIGHT. SO JOAN, JOAN, I DON'T WANT TO, I DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE PARKING 'CAUSE I, I HEARD YOU SAY BRUCE, THAT WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THAT NEXT. I DID WANT TO CHALLENGE EACH OF YOU GUYS 'CAUSE I'VE BEEN FOLLOWING THE FINANCES OF THE CITY. PROBABLY MORE DETAILED THAN YOU DID. EVERYBODY EXCEPT TODD TODD. BUT I FEEL THAT THE CITY IS SHIFTING GEARS WITH THE OIL REVENUES GOING DOWN. THEY'RE DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR MONEY. AND HERE YOU GUYS REPRESENT AND TRY, ADVISE THE CITY ON MAINTAINING THE MARINAS ENVIRONMENT, WHICH IS A FIRST CLASS OPERATION. IT'S SOMETHING WE ALL SHOULD BE PROUD OF. BUT I WANT TO CHALLENGE YOU TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO WHERE THE MONIES GO. 'CAUSE IN THE NOTE THAT TOM WROTE TO THE CITY COUNCIL, THERE'S AN INFERENCE THAT THE NEW POOL [01:45:01] WILL OPERATE ON A YEARLY DEFICIT AND THE DEFICIT WILL BE MADE UP FRONT THE MARINA FUNDS. HE DIDN'T QUITE SAY IT THAT WAY, BUT HE DID. SO I'M GONNA CHALLENGE YOU AS, AS THE ADVISORS TO ADVISE THE CITY TO. DON'T THROW, DON'T KILL THE GOOSE THAT LAYS THE GOLDEN EGG AS WE GO FORWARD. ALRIGHT? THIS IS JUST THE TIP OF THE FIRST PROBLEM WE'RE GONNA HAVE WHERE THE CITY DOESN'T HAVE THE MONEY IT USED TO HAVE AND THE PARKING, THAT'S, WE'LL GET THROUGH THAT AND WE'LL PARTICIPATE IN THAT. WE WON'T BE ASKING THAT. BUT GOING FORWARD, I REALLY THINK YOU GUYS NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO THE MONEY. HAVE YOU, I'VE FOLLOWED THE FINANCES AND THERE'S ALWAYS A LINE ITEM IN THERE, TRANSFERS IN, TRANSFERS OUT, AND THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT WENT AND WHERE IT CAME FROM. AND YOU GUYS ARE IN A POSITION TO ACTUALLY DRIVE THOSE DETAILS OUT AND MAKE SURE THAT, REMIND THE FOLKS THAT MAKE THOSE DECISIONS THAT THIS IS A FIRST CLASS OPERATION. AND IF YOU STRIP THE MONEY OUT, THANK YOU VERY MUCH. THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. WELL, WELL SPOKEN. ANYBODY ELSE, SIR? YES, OF COURSE. STAND UP. BRIAN MCGINNESS, I OVER BY MARINE STADIUM. I'M ALSO A MEMBER OF THE ROWING ASSOCIATION AND I'M HERE TO TALK ABOUT THE ROWING ASSOCIATION TO ASK YOU PEOPLE, UM, A COUPLE MONTHS FROM NOW, YOU'RE GONNA BE ASKED TO MAKE A WAIVER FOR THE BEAST FOR OUR LEARN THE ROW DAY. THIS IS A, A NATIONAL DAY THAT WE TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO ROW AND OBVIOUSLY THE OLYMPICS ARE HERE. AND SO IT'S, IT'S CRITICAL THAT EVERYBODY LEARNS HOW TO ROW AND THERE'S AN INVITATION TO ALL EARS TO LEARN HOW TO ROW. OKAY? WE HAVE A PERSON IN THE BACK WHO LEARNED HOW TO ROW, UH, LAST YEAR. UH, HE WAS OVER, UM, SPEAKING ABOUT NICK. HE, HE CAME AND THE COUNCIL PERSON CAME TOO. IT'S JUST A LOT OF FUN. STILL ATTEST TO IT. SO PLEASE COME OUT. PLEASE, UH, ENJOY THE, THE, UH, THE DAY. BRING YOUR KIDS, YOUR GRANDKIDS, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT. I THINK THEY SHOULD BE THERE TO, LET'S PUT EVERYBODY IN THE BOAT. LET'S HAVE SOME FUN. SO, UH, BUT THEN ALSO LET'S REMEMBER TO TRY TO WAIVE THOSE FEES SO THAT, UH, YOU KNOW, WE DON'T HAVE TO, UH, PAY THE RENT MARINE STADIUM. OKAY. UH, WE DON'T CHARGE ANYBODY TO, TO PARTICIPATE. WE HAVE ABOUT 125 PEOPLE THAT WE PUT ON THE WATER AND UM, I KNOW SIX OR SEVEN OF 'EM WHO ACTUALLY HAVE GONE TO COLLEGE ON SCHOLARSHIPS BECAUSE THEY LEARN HOW TO ROW. SO IT'S JUST A GREAT PROGRAM AND UH, WE WANT EVERYBODY TO COME. EVEN THE, UH, POLICE OFFICERS WE WANT YOU. ALRIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS OR WE CAN'T ASK QUESTIONS? IT'S A BROWN I CAN'T EVEN COMMENT ON. I CAN JUST THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMENTS. APPRECIATE YOU. RIGHT. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC? AND WE'RE GONNA CLOSE THIS MEETING, ADJOURN THIS MEETING. AND I WANT TO DO IT IN, UH, IN MEMORY OF THE UNHOUSED PEOPLE THAT HAVE PASSED IN THE LAST MONTH IN THE CITY OF LAW. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.